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White mouse in purple gloved hands

Blood pressure drug shows promise for treating Parkinson’s and dementia in animal studies

18 Apr 2019

A prescription drug to treat high blood pressure has shown promise against conditions such as Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and forms of dementia in...

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Location of neurons predicting partner’s choices superimposed on a stained section through one animal’s amygdala. Colours indicate different nuclei.

‘Mindreading’ neurons simulate decisions of social partners

12 Apr 2019

Scientists have identified special types of brain cells that may allow us to simulate the decision-making processes of others, thereby reconstructing...

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Hand Smoking Woman

Smoking and pre-eclampsia may cause fertility problems for offspring, study suggests

29 Mar 2019

Low levels of oxygen in the womb – which can be caused by smoking or conditions such as pre-eclampsia – may cause problems with fertility later in...

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Expecting

Heart disease risk begins in the womb, study in sheep suggests

22 Jan 2019

Offspring whose mothers had a complicated pregnancy may be at greater risk of heart disease in later life, according to a new study in sheep. The...

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Marmoset study gives insights into loss of pleasure in depression

04 Dec 2018

‘Anhedonia’ (the loss of pleasure) is one of the key symptoms of depression. An important component of this symptom is an inability to feel...

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Study in mice suggests drug to turn fat ‘brown’ could help fight obesity

26 Nov 2018

Our bodies contain two types of fat: white fat and brown fat. While white fat stores calories, brown fat burns energy and could help us lose weight...

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Knockout Mice

Top ten universities for animal research announced

20 Nov 2018

Understanding Animal Research, an organisation promoting greater openness about animal research, has today released a list of the ten universities in...

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Agouti mice

Studies raise questions over how epigenetic information is inherited

30 Oct 2018

Evidence has been building in recent years that our diet, our habits or traumatic experiences can have consequences for the health of our children –...

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Tubistor device

3D ‘organ on a chip’ could accelerate search for new disease treatments

26 Oct 2018

Researchers have developed a three-dimensional ‘organ on a chip’ which enables real-time continuous monitoring of cells, and could be used to develop...

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Seven-day old gastruloid

Scientists develop mouse ‘embryo-like structures’ with organisation along body’s major axes

03 Oct 2018

A team of scientists at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge has developed an artificial mouse embryo-like structure capable of forming the three major axes...

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Alineando secuencias

Protein discovery may explain why some patients develop resistance to new class of anti-cancer drugs

25 Jul 2018

A team of researchers at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge has identified a protein complex that might explain why some cancer patients treated with the...

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Synthetic embryo-like structure made of three stem cells types in yellow, pink and green

Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’ created from stem cells

23 Jul 2018

̽»¨Ö±²¥creation of artificial embryos has moved a step forward after an international team of researchers used mouse stem cells to produce artificial...

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