Articles tagged with 'Animal Research' | University of Manchester

Swarms of nanoparticles which are 15,000 times smaller than a pinhead may be able to deliver vital drugs to the brain, offering new hope to patients in the early stages of a stroke. ...

Faults in genes directly work together to bring about the deadliest form of blood cancer, scientists have discovered in a study that could pave the way for better treatments. ...

University of Manchester and University of North Texas scientists are the first to show that an embryonic living heart can be programmed to survive the effects of a low oxygen environment in later life. ...

Erectile dysfunction drug could treat heart failure – new study PureRadiancePhoto/Shutterstock  In the 1990s, the US drug firm Pfizer was developing drugs to treat angina. During early trials of these drugs, male participants reported a striking ...

A drug used to treat erectile dysfunction has been found by University of Manchester scientists to slow or even reverse the progression of heart failure in sheep. ...

New research has found it is not just what you eat, but when you eat that is important, knowledge which could improve the health of shift workers and people suffering from jet lag. ...

New findings about a fatal form of blood cancer could aid the development of new drugs with significantly less harmful side effects than existing chemotherapy. ...

A new spectacular jumping spider has been discovered and named in honour of Eric Carle, the famous author of children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. ...

Restriction or inhalation of common sugar could one day treat a range of respiratory diseases, according to new research led by University of Manchester biologists. ...

Scientists from The University of Manchester have found a way to trick the eye into thinking the world is brighter than it actually is. ...

Understanding Animal Research, an organisation promoting greater openness about animal research, has today released a list of the ten universities in the UK that conduct the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical, veterinary and ...

Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com   Paul Tar, Research Associate, University of Manchester   Experimenting on animals is a big part of biomedical research and also a big concern for those interested in animal welfare. Scientists are encoura...

A potential new way of treating cerebral malaria has been discovered by scientists at the Universities of Manchester and Glasgow, in a study using mice. ...

A machine learning approach for assessing images of the craters and dunes of Mars, which was developed at The University of Manchester, has now been adapted to help scientists measure the effects of treatments on tumours. ...

The first attempt to systematically review existing evidence has shown that pet ownership can help people with mental health problems. ...

Scientists have successfully produced human kidney tissue within a living organism which is able to produce urine, a first for medical science. ...

An international team of scientists have confirmed the discovery of a major cause of dementia, with important implications for possible treatment and diagnosis. ...

As part of the ongoing commitment to greater openness about animal research, the ten universities which conduct the most animal procedures have publicised their figures today, revealing that they collectively conducted a third of all UK animal resear...

A new tool has been developed by scientists at The University of Manchester to help reverse the decline in some of the world’s most endangers species of amphibians. ...

Immune cells which are reduced in number by obesity could be a new target to treat diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension that affect overweight people, according to a collaborative study between The University of Manchester, Lund Universi...

Disabling a part of brain cells that acts as a tap to regulate the flow of proteins has been shown to cause neurodegeneration, a new study from The University of Manchester has found. ...

University of Manchester biologists have discovered that breast tissues have 24-hour body clocks, and that several hundred genes are regulated in a daily cycle. ...

A new combination of drugs, tested by University of Manchester scientists, has significantly enhanced the survival of laboratory mice with lymphoma. ...

Scientists have shown that chewing your food properly can boost your mouth’s immune system to protect you against illness. ...

The University of Manchester has won two awards for the way in which it communicates animal research. ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered that a potential new drug reduces the number of brain cells destroyed by stroke and then helps to repair the damage. ...

The ten UK universities who do the most world-leading biomedical research* have announced their animal research statistics, revealing that they collectively conducted a third of all UK animal research in 2015. ...

    New research, by the Universities of Glasgow and Manchester, has revealed an ‘Achilles heel’ of Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) and found drugs to successfully target this weakness and eradicate the disease in mice. ...

For the first time, researchers have devised a method to selectively deliver drugs to a pregnant woman’s placenta without harming the foetus, in a development which could help prevent some premature births and treat conditions such as pre-eclampsia. ...

Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, who have a disease that can lead to blindness, could have their sight restored after The University of Manchester entered into a technology license with Seattle-based company Acucela Inc. The agreement wi...