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Northern Ireland Animal Research Numbers, 2017

2017 animal research numbers for Northern Ireland have been published

Migrating small birds flying at 4000m

New research shows that migrating birds fly as high as 4,000 metres above sea level.

Tracking killer T cells in pigs for flu vaccine development

Uses antibodies created in Babraham pigs to track immune response to flu.

Killer fungus comes from Korea

Genetic clues reveal origins of killer fungus behind the ‘amphibian plague’

This month in animal research March 2018

A selection of the news items we covered in our social media this month

This month in animal research August 17

News from the month

World Parkinson’s Disease Day 2017

11 April is World Parkinson’s Disease Day, held every year on James Parkinson’s birthday to raise awareness of the disease and the research being done to alleviate it.

This week in animal research 03/03/17

Artificial 'embryos' created in the lab

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Hybrid zoo: Introducing pig–human embryos and a rat–mouse

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