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Research Animals in the News

This section of the website brings you topical news on how research with animals is helping us to understand the causes of disease and to develop new medicines and therapies.

News of these recent research advances has been collected from newspapers and scientific research articles and will be updated on a regular basis.

Can coffee reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease?

Helping dogs and people see

Potatoes on prescription?

News about Diabetes research

DNA therapy research using rats

Stem cell therapy using mice

Down's syndrome research using mice

Research into ageing using dogs and rhesus monkeys

Development of a meningitis B vaccine using mice.

Research using rodents into the effects of cannabis on brain tumours

Cannabis and the treatment of multiple sclerosis in mice

Cloning of pigs for xenotransplantation of organs

The role of mice in developing an anti-Alzheimer vaccine


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