Animal research news

News story: Study provides first evidence of DNA collection from air

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that animal DNA shed within the environment can be collected from the air.

News story: Antibodies could provide new treatment for OCD

Mental health conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder could be treated in a new way using drugs that target the immune system, research suggests.

News story: Promising antibody therapy extends survival in mice with pancreatic cancer

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have found a way to target and knock out a single protein that they have discovered is widely involved in pancreatic cancer cell growth, survival and invasion.

News story: Skin cancer hijacks the immune system

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have discovered molecules in mice that reprogram healthy immune cells causing skin cancer to spread.

News story: Cannabinoid improves survival rates of mice with pancreatic cancer

A new study led by Queen Mary University of London and Curtin University, Australia found that Cannabinoid improves survival rates of mice with pancreatic cancer.