Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this short news video, we look back at some of the top medical breakthroughs involving animal research in 2024. These include: the new epilepsy device fitted to a boy's skull; the most complex brain to ever be mapped; a new way to treat serious asthma and COPD; new obesity drugs to promote weight-loss; restoring vision using stem-cell therapy; and a new 3Rs technique for assessing fertility hormone testing.

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Credits
Epilepsy device image from BBC News & UCL CADET Project
Fruit fly brain connectome images from MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Lasker award videos from The Lasker Foundation