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Light to kill cancer
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have found a way to target and kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells. They used...
Ana Barros
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Animals in autism research
A special report in Spectrum, detailing how a variety of animal models are used to help improve our understanding of autism, has been...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Llama antibodies in Covid-19 spray
A nasal spray therapy developed in llamas, which has been shown to prevent and treat Covid-19, is now moving to clinical trials in...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Italy openness event
In EARA’s first face-to-face event since 2019, members of the Italian biomedical research community came together in Milan, in September,...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 23, 20212 min read
EU Parliament vote concerns
Last week the European Parliament adopted a motion by 667 votes to 4, on a plan ‘to accelerate the transition to innovation without the...
Ana Barros
Sep 20, 20211 min read
#BOARD21 in science magazine
EARA’s global campaign to encourage openness about animal research Get on #BOARD21 has been featured this month in Laboratory Animal...
Ana Barros
Sep 20, 20211 min read
Fighting cancer with Covid technology
Recent studies have shown that vaccine technology used for Covid-19 has been effective in halting the growth of cancerous tumours in...
Ana Barros
Sep 20, 20211 min read
EARA marks awareness day with Lab Rat Chat interview
Marking this week’s Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD2021), EARA has interviewed Jeff Marshall, co-host of the Lab Rat Chat...
Ana Barros
Sep 20, 20211 min read
Press release: EARA concerns over EU vote
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) is deeply concerned over yesterday’s vote in the European Parliament, which threatens the...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 16, 20213 min read
Open call – 3Rs & Communications
Two grants to support young scientists in communicating about animal research and the development of alternative methods have been...
Ana Barros
Sep 13, 20211 min read
Organoid fish eyes
Scientists at Heidelberg University, Germany, have created fish eye models at the lab, paving the way to better understand retinal...
Ana Barros
Sep 13, 20211 min read
‘Long Covid’ in monkeys
Studying macaques, EARA member, the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Netherlands, has discovered the hidden long-term effects Covid-19...
Ana Barros
Sep 13, 20211 min read
Womb transplants
A feature article in The Scientist has revealed how, in just a decade, research using animals made possible the first human-to-human...
Ana Barros
Sep 13, 20211 min read
Animal studies and new cholesterol jab
A new type of injection to lower cholesterol in the blood has now been approved for use both by EU and the UK. EARA member, Novartis,...
Ana Barros
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Photo prize
An image of blood vessels has won the British Heart Foundation (BHF) prize, celebrating 60 years of research funded by the charity. The...
Ana Barros
Aug 30, 20211 min read
BRAD in September
Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) takes place next month for the second time this year. Organised by Americans for Medical...
Ana Barros
Aug 30, 20211 min read
Rat brain atlas
The British Neuroscience Association have launched an online resource to help design and support experiments using rats. Ratlas, an atlas...
Ana Barros
Aug 30, 20211 min read
UAR response to MBR protests
UK advocacy group Understanding Animal Research have published an open letter in The Times in response to protests surrounding dog...
Bob Tolliday
Aug 23, 20211 min read
Lonely fruit flies
A study of fruit flies by The Rockefeller University, New York, USA, has shown how loneliness can have a physical effect on the body....
Bob Tolliday
Aug 23, 20211 min read
Gut bacteria rewind ageing brain
Scientists at University College Cork, Ireland, have shown the effect that bacteria in the intestine can have on behaviour and brain...
Ana Barros
Aug 16, 20211 min read
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