University of Manchester - Archive (animal research)
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2023
17
March
2023
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10:23
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Schoolchildren from across Greater Manchester flocked to Manchester Museum to see what was on offer for the annual British Science week from 10 – 19 of March.
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2022
20
December
2022
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08:38
Europe/London
2022 was another bumper year for news from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and health. Here are some of our highlights:In January we showed how early data for multivariant COVID-19 vaccine booster shows promise. The first results of an early trial o...
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07
December
2022
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16:00
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The University of Manchester has bagged a prestigious openness award for its pioneering work on communicating animal research to the public.
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03
October
2022
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17:00
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Mice who have been tricked into thinking they are fasting manage inflammation more easily, according to neurobiologists at The University of Manchester and collaborators from the University of Naples ‘Federico II’, in Italy....
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30
June
2022
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10:17
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Today, 30 June 2022, Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published a list of the ten organisations that carry out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical, veterinary, and scientific research – in Great Britain. These stati...
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12
May
2022
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13:00
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The University of Manchester has retained its status as one of the top Universities in the country for openness in animal research.
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11
April
2022
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09:02
Europe/London
A dietary supplement sold over the counter could be toxic and should not be used until it is shown to be safe, biologists from the Universities of Manchester and Kyoto have discovered.
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2021
02
September
2021
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09:28
Europe/London
The drug Viagra, used to treat sexual impotence, can strongly suppress abnormal heart rhythms known as arrythmias in sheep according to University of Manchester scientists.
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01
July
2021
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08:55
Europe/London
New collaborative research led by Manchester Museum, part of The University of Manchester, has resulted in the first scientific description of an extremely rare tadpole.
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24
June
2021
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10:20
Europe/London
An international team of scientists from Manchester, Montpellier and Copenhagen have identified why some endurance athletes experience a heart rhythm disturbance called ‘heart block’.
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17
June
2021
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08:54
Europe/London
Infant sharks that live in the familiar mermaids’ purses found on most beaches in the UK and throughout the world are more vulnerable to predation because of ocean warming, new research suggests.
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2020
20
July
2020
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08:50
Europe/London
Ten organisations account for nearly half of all animal research in Great Britain All ten organisations have committed to open communications around animal research42 UK organisations have shared their own 2019 animal research statistics...
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06
January
2020
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09:18
Europe/London
Removing the clock gene BMAL1 makes bacteria-engulfing defence cells in the body more effective, a University of Manchester and University of Oxford study published in the journal PNAS has found.
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2019
31
December
2019
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12:22
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Scientists have discovered that people who regularly sleep for more than 11 hours or less than 4 hours are 2-3 times more likely to have the incurable disease, pulmonary fibrosis, compared to those that sleep for 7 hours in a day. They attribute this...
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16
December
2019
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17:00
Europe/London
Contrary to common belief, blue light may not be as disruptive to our sleep patterns as originally thought - according to University of Manchester scientists.
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20
November
2019
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12:06
Europe/London
Drugs commonly used to treat arthritis may help to prevent breast cancer spreading to the bone, where it is incurable, new research suggests.
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07
November
2019
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09:54
Europe/London
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.
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02
October
2019
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11:38
Europe/London
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.
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26
June
2019
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15:39
Europe/London
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.
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01
May
2019
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15:50
Europe/London
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 ...
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01
May
2019
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10:00
Europe/London
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.
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25
April
2019
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17:00
Europe/London
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.
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25
April
2019
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16:00
Europe/London
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.
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16
April
2019
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12:30
Europe/London
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.
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01
April
2019
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16:00
Europe/London
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.
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25
January
2019
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15:04
Europe/London
Scientists from The University of Manchester have found a way to trick the eye into thinking the world is brighter than it actually is.
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2018
20
November
2018
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12:19
Europe/London
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 ...
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31
October
2018
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09:21
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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...
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25
June
2018
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20:00
Europe/London
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.
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24
April
2018
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10:12
Europe/London
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.
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