Research increasingly shows sex differences in human medical issues, so excluding females from research has worrying consequences for women’s health.
Animal research
How and why we use animals in some of our research and teaching, and how we make sure we keep to the highest ethical standards.
News
Animal research news and press releases from ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ.
Joubert Syndrome: the link between intellectual disability and defects in the hippocampus
An important link has been found between the intellectual disability seen in children with Joubert Syndrome and defects in a specific part of the brain.
How changes in ageing fish may offer insight into dementia
Dr Vasanta Subramanian has been awarded nearly £50,000 to study how a species of African fish can help scientists develop treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
University retains its animal research Leader in Openness status
The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ has retained its status as a Leader in Openness in animal research until 2025.
Digitise your dog into a computer game
Researchers from CAMERA have developed motion capture technology that enables you to digitise your dog without a motion capture suit and using only one camera.
How the zebrafish got its stripes
Animal patterns are a source of endless fascination, and now researchers at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ have worked out how zebrafish develop their stripes.
Policies, codes and procedures
Our policy statement on animal research, the procedure for ethical review and the code of ethical practice we follow.
Animal research: policy statement
How we approach research involving animals, including regulations we follow, our ethical review process and the animal species we use in our research.
Code of ethical practice for research involving animals
Our code for research and experimentation involving the use of animals.
Procedure for ethical review when using animals
How we conduct the ethical review of the use of animals, their tissue or blood in research and teaching.
Facts and figures
Read about the type and scale of our animal research activities and their impact on animals.
How and why we carry out animal research
Frequently asked questions about our animal research activities and the impact on animals.
Facts and figures about our animal research
See more details of the type and scale of our animal research.
Guidance and forms
What you need to do to make sure your research involving animals is ethically responsible.
Carrying out ethically responsible research involving animals
What you need to do if you are planning to carry out research involving animals.
Case studies
Read about our animal research in action.
Takes some nerve: How lab grown tumours are helping scientists understand pancreatic cancer
ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researchers are building model tumours to learn how pancreatic cancer affects nerve cells and find new therapies to target tumour growth and patient pain.
Hope for childhood epilepsy: How fast-breeding zebrafish are making a difference
Scientists need to better understand what goes wrong in the developing brain to find new treatments for epilepsy – freshwater minnows are vital to their work.
Searching for genetic clues: How early development affects lifelong health
Developmental geneticist, Dr Kim Moorwood, explores how the genes behind fetal growth could impact our chances of serious health conditions in later life.
Using animal-alternative methods to model organisms
We are using computer-simulated methods (in-silico) to model organisms and better understand neural networks.
Transforming medicine with advances in oral drug delivery
Researchers in the Department of Life Sciences are exploring oral medicines to replace injections, helping improve treatment effectiveness and patient outcomes.