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Top UK organisations release annual statistics for use of animals in research

15 Jul 2021

̽»¨Ö±²¥ten organisations in Great Britain that carry out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical, veterinary and scientific...

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Marmoset

Marmoset study identifies brain region linking actions to their outcomes

24 Jun 2021

Researchers have discovered a specific brain region underlying ‘goal-directed behaviour’ – that is, when we consciously do something with a...

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Wireless limb control

17 May 2021

Researchers in Cambridge’s Bioelectronics Lab are developing implantable devices to bypass nerve damage and restore movement to paralysed limbs.

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Screening for glaucoma

Gene therapy technique shows potential for repairing damage caused by glaucoma and dementia

31 Mar 2021

Scientists at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge have shown in animal studies that gene therapy may help repair some of the damage caused in chronic...

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Set up for life

25 Nov 2020

We’re used to the idea that as adults we have some control over our destiny: what we eat and drink and how much we exercise can affect our health...

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Confocal micrograph showing the superior saggital sinus in the mouse. Immune cells are shown in green lining this tube, and blood vessels in red

Why it takes guts to protect the brain against infection

04 Nov 2020

̽»¨Ö±²¥brain is uniquely protected against invading bacteria and viruses, but its defence mechanism has long remained a mystery. Now, a study in mice...

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Network of fibres

Marmoset study finds single brain region linking depression and anxiety, heart disease, and people’s sensitivity to treatment

26 Oct 2020

Over-activity in a single brain region called the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) underlies several key symptoms of mood and anxiety...

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Husband supporting a sick wife

Imaging technique could replace tissue biopsies in assessing drug resistance in breast cancer patients

06 Oct 2020

Imaging techniques could replace the need for invasive tissue biopsies in helping rapidly determine whether cancer treatments are working effectively...

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Fluorescent images showing gene expression in human embryos at early and late stage of pre-implantation development, where blue is each cell of the embryo, green is a cell membrane marker, magenta is a placental gene expression.

Placenta is initiated first, as cells of a fertilised egg divide and specialise

23 Sep 2020

̽»¨Ö±²¥first stages of placental development take place days before the embryo starts to form in human pregnancies. This new finding highlights the...

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Pregnant woman

Prevention of heart disease can start before birth

19 Aug 2020

Mitochondrial therapy in complicated pregnancies lowers the chance of cardiovascular problems in the offspring.

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Top UK organisations release annual statistics for use of animals in research

16 Jul 2020

̽»¨Ö±²¥ten organisations in Great Britain that carry out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical, veterinary and scientific...

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Study shows how our brains remain active during familiar, repetitive tasks

14 Jul 2020

New research, based on earlier results in mice, suggests that our brains are never at rest, even when we are not learning anything about the world...

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