Animal Free Research

COPD Biomarkers Identified In Faecal Microbiomes

Article Disease-associated gut microbiome and metabolome changes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2020) Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19701-0 Authors Kate L. Bowerman1,5, Saima Firdous Rehman2,5,

Animal Free Research

Immune cells in lungs begin to decay with age

Article Influenza, but not SARS-CoV-2, infection induces a rapid interferon response that wanes with age and diminished tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells Clinical & Translational

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Animal Free Research

New technology in venom research

Article A Taxon-Specific and High-Throughput Method for Measuring Ligand Binding to Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Toxins 2019, 11(10), 600; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11100600 Authors Christina N. Zdenek 1,†OrcID,Richard J.

Rodents

Mice forced to inhale e-cigarette vapour during pregnancy

Research Paper: Maternal E‑Cigarette Exposure Results in Cognitive and Epigenetic Alterations in Offspring in a Mouse Model (2018) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00084 Tara Nguyen, Gerard E. Li, Hui

Animal Free Research

How E-Cigarettes (“Vaping”) Impacts Airway Cells

Article: Effects of E-cigarette E-liquid components on bronchial epithelial cells: Demonstration of dysfunctional efferocytosis Respirology. 2020 Jun;25(6):620-628. Epub 2019 Sep 22. doi: 10.1111/resp.13696 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/resp.13696 Authors:

Achievements

Achievements – 2020

Have a read of just some of HRA’s 2020 achievements Extensive media coverage on the plight of primates in research following the ‘baboon escape’, which

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Cats

Feline Model of Retinal Degeneration

ARTICLE :Electrical Field Shaping Techniques in a Feline Model of Retinal Degeneration (2018) 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology

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