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Portugal moves further toward openness on animal research
The third annual report from the Portuguese Transparency Agreement, published this week, shows that most biomedical institutions have...
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 20, 20232 min read
Rat Trap is not a balanced narrative – EARA book review
The claims made in a new book, by medical sociologist Pandora Pound, that research using animals is obsolete and ‘thwarting medical...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Early-life stress alters brain in rats
US researchers have found that early-life stress in rats leads to more significant changes in brain genes than childhood head injuries....
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Is 'Rat Trap' a fair summary of why we use animals in research?
n her new book, author Pandora Pound sets out why the scientifically accepted justification for using animals in biomedical research is...
The European Animal Research Association
Nov 17, 20234 min read
Using animals in infectious disease research – EARA feature
EARA has published a new feature article on the role of animal research in the understanding and treatment of a range of infectious...
Gege Li
Nov 13, 20231 min read
EARA Q&A – the care & welfare of mice used in breast cancer research
The latest episode of EARA’s #TransparencyThursday series has featured Alexandra Gkrouzoudi, a vet and the animal facility manager at...
Gege Li
Nov 13, 20231 min read
Monkey research leads to revolutionary Parkinson's treatment
Animal research has paved the way for a spinal implant that has given a 62-year-old man with Parkinson's disease the ability to walk...
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 12, 20231 min read
EARA advocates for animal research transparency at Denmark event
EARA advocates for animal research transparency at Denmark event
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 9, 20232 min read
Czech research treats spinal cord injury in rats
A successful gene therapy has allowed rats with spinal cord injury to regain feeling in their legs. Researchers at the Institute of...
Gege Li
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Modified mice have ‘human-like’ COVID-19 symptoms
For the first time, scientists have developed a genetically altered mouse that can get infected with the form of Covid-19 seen in young,...
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Treatment for rare children’s disorder progress
After successful studies in mice, of a rare genetic disorder that affects children, UK scientists are ready to begin human trials of a...
Gege Li
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Neuroscience awards honour numerous animal researchers
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced the recipients of its 2023 Early Career Awards, with several researchers who use animals...
Gege Li
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Combating childhood kidney disease using mice
UK scientists have made progress in understanding a kidney disorder in children through a study using genetically altered mice. The...
Nuno Gonçalves
Oct 30, 20231 min read
Eurogroup breast cancer misinformation slammed
EARA has responded to false claims by an activist group that animal studies have ‘a lack of relevance’ in cancer research. On the recent...
Gege Li
Oct 30, 20231 min read
Zika infection in mice and monkeys
Recent studies using animals, in the USA and Brazil, have shed light on the effect of Zika virus infection during pregnancy, which could...
Gege Li
Oct 30, 20231 min read
Swiss university prizes for non-animal methods
The UZH 3Rs Award, newly introduced by EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, which highlights its researcher's advances in...
Gege Li
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Alzheimer’s transferred to rats via gut bacteria
Memory loss and other characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease can be transferred to healthy rats by giving them gut bacteria from...
Gege Li
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Bone disease treatment works in mice
Chinese researchers have discovered that a drug currently used to treat malaria can also reverse bone loss in mice that have a serious...
Gege Li
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Monkey survives two years with pig kidney transplant
US scientists have made a breakthrough in organ transplantation, with a macaque monkey surviving for more than two years after receiving...
Nuno Gonçalves
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Mushroom microdoses & rats
Researchers in Denmark have observed reduced stress in rats after microdoses of psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in some...
Nuno Gonçalves
Oct 16, 20231 min read
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