Increasing resistance to anti-malarials, such as those based on Artemisinin, have prompted a need for new treatments.
Researchers have successfully used a chemical to reset and restart the natural 24-hour body clock in mice.
Animal research is a favourite topic when teachers are looking for a sure-fire way to get their students interested in the ethics of science, but are schools getting all they can from this complex, sometimes difficult, always fascinating subject?
Monkeys treated with a therapy that targets specific viral genes survived deadly Ebola and Marbug infections, a new study reports.
The barrier between blood vessels and the brain may no longer limit the delivery of medicines to tumours, research on rats shows.
The recently published Annual report (2009) of the Animals Scientific Procedures Inspectorate and Division highlights progress towards suitable alternatives to replace the use of mice in the testing for toxins in shellfish.
UGUST 20, 1960: MOSCOW The Soviet Union today launched its second cosmic space ship, the Soviet news agency, Tass, said. The space ship carries animals, including two dogs.
Scientists have created a ‘knockout rat' that can be used to model certain diseases in the same way as mice.
Capsaicin, a compound found in chilli peppers, has been found to reduce high blood pressure in rats.
For the first time scientists will be able to study the development of human testes in mice.
The body's own cells could be used to aid the repair of joints, a pioneering rabbit study has revealed.
A study on mice suggests that cell suicide may encourage tumours to grow instead of destroying them.
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