animal research

Low levels of oxygen in the womb – which can be caused by smoking or conditions such as pre-eclampsia – may cause problems with fertility later in...

Offspring whose mothers had a complicated pregnancy may be at greater risk of heart disease in later life, according to a new study in sheep. The...

Our bodies contain two types of fat: white fat and brown fat. While white fat stores calories, brown fat burns energy and could help us lose weight...

Understanding Animal Research, an organisation promoting greater openness about animal research, has today released a list of the ten universities in...

Researchers have developed a three-dimensional ‘organ on a chip’ which enables real-time continuous monitoring of cells, and could be used to develop...

A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed an artificial mouse embryo-like structure capable of forming the three major axes...

The creation of artificial embryos has moved a step forward after an international team of researchers used mouse stem cells to produce artificial...

The past few years has seen an explosion in the number of studies using organoids – so-called ‘mini organs’. While they can help scientists...