Rapid Response by Laboratory Animal Research Institutions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The National Academies will host a committee meeting on Rapid Response by Laboratory Animal Research Institutions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: ...
Tag: Animal Models
Macaques Develop Promising Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2
In a promising result for the success of vaccines against COVID-19, rhesus macaque monkeys infected with the human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 ...
Results of Comprehensive SARS-CoV-2 Non-Human Primate Study Published
Scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute and Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) published their findings regarding a comprehensive animal ...
Stopping Lethal Lung Damage from Influenza: MG53 Protein Shows Promise in Animal Models
The raging lung inflammation that can contribute to death from the flu can be stopped in its tracks by a ...
High Dose Favipiravir Countered SARS-CoV-2 in Hamsters, Hydroxychloroquine Ineffective
Virologists at the Rega Institute have shown that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine does not limit SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus replication in hamsters. ...
NIH Funds a $9.3M Center for Precision Animal Modeling at UAB
Precision disease modeling involves creation of patient-specific disease models that mimic the molecular character of a condition present in a ...
USAMRIID Scientists Engineer First Lethal Mouse Model for COVID-19
Small animal models mirroring human disease are essential for advancing vaccines, diagnostics, and treatments to combat emerging pathogens. Army scientists ...
Thailand Begins Coronavirus Vaccine Trials on Monkeys
Thailand’s National Vaccine Institute (NVI) at Chulalongkorn University today began testing a trial vaccine against the novel coronavirus on non-human ...
‘Dirty Mice’ Could Help Make a More Effective Flu Vaccine
Study suggests standard laboratory mice may lead scientists to overestimate vaccine efficacy. A new study calls into question the reliance ...
Investigational Chimp Adenovirus MERS-CoV Vaccine Protects Monkeys
An investigational vaccine called ChAdOx1 MERS protected two groups of rhesus macaques from disease caused by Middle East respiratory syndrome ...
Tulane National Primate Research Center Launches Coronavirus Research Program
From working to develop one of the first nonhuman primate models for the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to designing ...
Study Shows Virulence of B. pseudomallei Strain in Aerosol Model
Burkholderia pseudomallei, the aetiological agent of melioidosis, causes a serious and often fatal disease in humans and animals. Novel medical ...
2019 ASM Biothreats
The American Society for Microbiology's 2019 ASM Biothreats meeting will be held January 29–31, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia. This leading annual ...
Submit Your Suggestions for the NIAID Tuberculosis Strategic Framework
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is developing a strategic framework to advance tuberculosis (TB) research and ...
Biodefense World Summit 2018
The 4th Annual Biodefense World Summit will be held June 27-29, 2018 in Bethesda, Maryland. The event brings together stakeholders ...
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: New NHP Model Developed
Researchers have developed a new non-human primate (NHP) animal model to study Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a viral disease spread ...
Medical Countermeasure Nonclinical Studies Network Contract Awards
The Nonclinical Studies Network is a key element in the successful development of U.S. medical countermeasures for biological threats, particularly ...
Studying the Early Impact of Ebola Virus on the Immune System
Scientists from NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, working with colleagues from the University of Washington and Columbia ...
RFI – Development of Animal Models for Antibacterial Drug Development
The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is seeking input from the public and private sectors on research ideas ...
NHLBI Updates Research Topics of Special Interest
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) this week provided an update to its research topics of special interest ...
