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Deep-diving seals protected by anti-inflammatory serum
Elephant seals can dive as far as 1,550m beneath the surface of the ocean. Researchers examine protective strategies of weddell...
Vets and doctors treat dog’s rare brain malformation
An MRI after four months showed the embolisation was intact and Crash’s condition was improving. German shepherd suffered intracranial arteriovenous...
Gene therapy restores hand function in rats with spinal cord injury
Researchers gave the gene therapy to rats with spinal cord injuries that resembled the type humans develop after traumatic impacts....
Discovery offers hope for anti-cancer therapy
Immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies are created when the immune system overreacts to an allergen. Immunoglobulin E antibodies could fight cancer...
Pigs ‘could be a better model for human influenza’
The results suggest that targeting the lower respiratory tract with aerosol vaccination could be more effective in preventing severe disease....
New cat virus could reveal insights about hepatitis B
Until now, it was not known that companion animals could contract HBV. Discovery first step in developing vaccine to prevent...
New pig virus could be a threat to humans
The next step for researchers is to look for antibodies in the blood of humans, which would suggest the virus...
Biologists ‘transfer’ memory from one snail to another
David Glanzman holding a marine snail. Research could lead to new ways to restore lost memories Biologists at the University...
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Sheep toxin could be linked to MS
“There is a growing body of wider evidence that points to a hypothesis linking MS and ETX". Discovery could lead...
Human anti-cancer drugs could help Tasmanian devils
Tasmanian devils are considered endangered as a result of devil facial tumour 1. RTKs have ‘an important role’ in sustaining...