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3Rs prize
Work on organoids that could replace the use of mice in some brain studies has won the UK’s major prize for non-animal methods in...
Ana Barros
Jun 14, 20211 min read
Smartwatch delivers insulin
Researchers at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a device which can control the release of insulin through a smartwatch....
Ana Barros
Jun 14, 20211 min read
Feature: Why do we need to use animals in neuroscience research?
Perhaps more than in any other field of biomedical research, it is essential to use animals to understand the functions of the brain,...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 4, 20217 min read
EARA letter in the Times
EARA executive director, Kirk Leech, has responded (today 28 May 2021) to an opinion piece in The Times from UK actress Joanna Lumley...
Ana Barros
May 28, 20211 min read
Transparency in Belgium & Spain
Two excellent communications initiatives from Belgium and Spain, using imagery and video, have been published to promote transparency...
Ana Barros
May 24, 20211 min read
Asthma vaccine in mice
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, have developed a successful vaccine to treat severe asthma in mice. In collaboration...
Ana Barros
May 24, 20211 min read
Imaging techniques
A new way to track how drugs travel around the body could lead to reductions in the number of animals used in testing. Scientists from...
Ana Barros
May 17, 20211 min read
Preventing hearing loss in mice
Exposing ears to near infrared light (NIR) could be a way to prevent noise-induced hearing loss, according to studies by German and US...
Ana Barros
May 17, 20211 min read
Depression & swimming mice
A new article highlights the importance of using animal models in the search for more effective antidepressant drugs. Currently,...
Ana Barros
May 10, 20211 min read
Scientists in Greece talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 9, 20211 min read
Scientists in Portugal talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 9, 20211 min read
Scientists in Switzerland talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 9, 20211 min read
Leukaemia discovery
Scientists at the University of Cambridge, UK, have developed a new technique to kill cancer cells by targeting an enzyme believed to...
Bob Tolliday
May 3, 20211 min read
First effective jab for malaria
Researchers at the Jenner Institute of Oxford University, UK, have developed the first malaria vaccine that meets international standards...
Ana Barros
Apr 26, 20211 min read
2020 medical breakthroughs
To mark World Laboratory Animals Day, EARA has published a feature looking back at some of the medical breakthroughs made possible with...
Ana Barros
Apr 26, 20211 min read
Zebrafish & rare disease
An international collaboration co-ordinated by Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, has developed a zebrafish model of a rare...
Ana Barros
Apr 12, 20211 min read
Improving mouse welfare
Scientists at EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have reported on a new way to administer drugs to mice without...
Ana Barros
Apr 5, 20211 min read
Metabolism of lung tumours
Research in Switzerland has revealed a new way to stop lung cancer tumours from becoming resistant to treatment. A tumour consists of...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 29, 20211 min read
Mouse embryos
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, have grown mouse embryos in bottles, offering a unique way to observe how a...
Ana Barros
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Gene therapy for chronic pain
Researchers at the University of California San Diego, USA, have created a gene therapy for chronic pain without apparent side effects....
Ana Barros
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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