Research Roundup: Landmark study hails potential cure for muscular dystrophy; early biomarkers for Huntington’s disease and more!

Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: Landmark study hails potential cure for muscular dystrophy; early biomarkers for Huntington’s disease and more!

Research Roundup: postnatal Zika exposure leads to brain damage, first pig model of Huntington’s disease developed and more!

Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: postnatal Zika exposure leads to brain damage, first pig model of Huntington’s disease developed and more!

Research Roundup: gene therapy for inherited blindness, urea implicated as a major cause of dementia and more!

Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: gene therapy for inherited blindness, urea implicated as a major cause of dementia and more!

Research Roundup: brain estrogen necessary for ovulation, breakthrough in treatment for Huntington’s disease and more!

Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: brain estrogen necessary for ovulation, breakthrough in treatment for Huntington’s disease and more!

Research Roundup: 50,000 lives saved by organ transplants, transgenic sheep aid in Huntington’s disease, smell relates to weight gain in mice, and more!

Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: 50,000 lives saved by organ transplants, transgenic sheep aid in Huntington’s disease, smell relates to weight gain in mice, and more!

The Monkey of the Baskervilles

If you watched the news or picked up a newspaper yesterday you'll already be aware that scientists in Japan have created genetically modified (GM) marmoset monkeys that pass the transgene, in this case one that encodes the marker GFP protein that glows under UV light, to their offspring. Severel media outlest including the Huffington Post … Continue reading The Monkey of the Baskervilles