Being sustainable in biomedical research
As debate about climate change and sustainability concludes at COP27, what can the biomedical community do to address these concerns?...
The European Animal Research Association
- Nov 8
- 3 min
Clear evidence of greater openness about animal research – Spanish report
In its most comprehensive annual report ever, the Transparency Agreement on Animal Research in Spain (TA) has given numerous examples of...
The European Animal Research Association
- Nov 8
- 3 min
El Quinto Informe Anual 2022 del Acuerdo COSCE sobre Transparencia en el Uso de Animales
Una de cada tres instituciones que apuestan por la transparencia en experimentación animal en el mundo son españolas. España mantiene el...
Gege Li
- Oct 31
- 1 min
A vaccine against deadly pig disease
A scientist at EARA member Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, is at the forefront of efforts to find a vaccine against African...
Gege Li
- Oct 17
- 1 min
Fruit fly study of rare bone cancer
Scientists in Spain have found a new research method to study a rare, but often fatal bone cancer affecting children and young adults....
Bob Tolliday
- Oct 3
- 1 min
Student workshop on animal research
EARA has taken part in the first workshop, held by Europe's leading universities, to show students how best to communicate about animal...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Gene editing and the role of animal studies
EARA has published an article that looks at how gene editing technology has revolutionised the way scientists investigate the cause of...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 19
- 3 min
Biomedical sector in Spain welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research
The Spanish biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics (2019), from across the EU, including...
Maria Vlastara
- Jun 17
- 1 min
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: Partner organisations & statements
This year, Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022 (#BOARD22), took place on the last day of the FELASA Congress (16 June). More than 150...
Maria Vlastara
- Jun 16
- 1 min
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: #TransparencyThursday
EARA #TransparencyThursday, which features regularly on our Instagram feed (and also on YouTube), is an initiative that gives the public...
Maria Vlastara
- Jun 16
- 1 min
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: Case studies and articles
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022 (#BOARD22), took place on the last day of the FELASA Congress (16 June). Many institutions across...
Maria Vlastara
- Jun 16
- 1 min
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: Videos & live stream interviews
This year, Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022 (#BOARD22), took place on the last day of the FELASA congress (16 June), and to...
Bob Tolliday
- Apr 27
- 6 min
Feature: A momentous year for human health - a look back at biomedical research in 2021
With a spotlight on animals during the recent Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) and next month's Be Open About Animal Research Day...
Ana Barros
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Food cravings & pregnancy
Spanish scientists have taken a step forward in understanding food cravings during pregnancy. The team at EARA member IDIBAPS, Barcelona,...
Ana Barros
- Mar 7
- 1 min
3D bioprinting & alternatives
Two European projects are seeking to reduce the use of animals in research by using 3D bioprinting. The BRIGHTER project aims to overcome...
Ana Barros
- Feb 7
- 1 min
Spanish controversy
Authorities at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and the University of Barcelona (UB) have set the record straight following recent...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 28
- 4 min
The reality of research with animal models in Spain – COSCE statement
The Confederation of Scientific Societies of Spain (COSCE) through its Commission for the Study of the Use of Animals in Scientific...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 27
- 5 min
La realidad sobre la investigación con modelos animales en España
La Comisión COSCE de Estudio del Uso de Animales en Investigación Científica publica el presente comunicado que clarifica la realidad...
Ana Barros
- Jan 24
- 1 min
Alzheimer's disease
Spanish researchers from the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville have taken a step forward (in Spanish) in understanding memory loss in...
Ana Barros
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Spanish transparency report published
The fourth annual report of the Transparency Agreement on Animal Research in Spain has shown the continued drive of institutions in 2020...
Ana Barros
- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Researchers on Instagram in 2021
This year on EARA Intagram, we saw more scientists than ever, coming forward publicly to answer questions about their research using...
Ana Barros
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
EARA at Spanish event
The biomedical community needs to ‘shift the balance’ to talk more about the benefits of using animals in research, EARA executive...
Ana Barros
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
EU animal stats 2018
The European Commission has published EU-wide statistics for 2018, for the use of animals in biomedical research. The headline figure for...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 15, 2021
- 3 min
Spain - 2018 EU animal use in research statistics
The Spanish biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, including Spain, on...
Ana Barros
- Jul 15, 2021
- 1 min
Find treatments for rare disease
After successful tests in mice, scientists from Cima University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, have developed a gene therapy for a rare and...
Ana Barros
- Jun 30, 2021
- 1 min
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2021 - live events
To celebrate Be Open About Animal Research Day 2021 (#BOARD21), institutions in Brazil and Spain organised live events, to talk about...
Bob Tolliday
- Jun 7, 2021
- 1 min
Spanish communications video
EARA member the Spanish Society of Science for Laboratory Animals (SECAL), has produced a video answering common questions about the use...
Ana Barros
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Transparency in Belgium & Spain
Two excellent communications initiatives from Belgium and Spain, using imagery and video, have been published to promote transparency...
Ana Barros
- Apr 19, 2021
- 1 min
Vivotecnia update
The Vivotecnia facilities have been temporarily closed by the Madrid Competent Authorities, after the release of an undercover video...
Ana Barros
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
Declaración de EARA sobre el vídeo clandestino de Vivotecnia, España
EARA se creó para informar mejor a la opinión pública y responsables políticos europeos sobre la necesidad y los beneficios de la...
Ana Barros
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
EARA statement on the undercover video footage from Vivotecnia, Spain
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) was established to better inform the European public and political decision makers of the...
Bob Tolliday
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
“A la comunidad científica le preocupa la escasez de macacos para experimentación”
El desarrollo de las vacunas contra la covid-19 se ha logrado gracias al uso experimental de primates no humanos, como los macacos. Este...
Ana Barros
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
EARA growth
The European Animal Research Association (EARA), founded just seven years ago, has recently become the biggest advocacy organisation on...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 17, 2021
- 1 min
China y la crisis de los macacos
No hay macacos suficientes para probar las vacunas contra la COVID-19 que aún están en Fase 1, entre ellas, la española más avanzada. El...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 8, 2021
- 1 min
Huntington's disease research
Researchers at the University of Barcelona, Spain, have found mutations in a protein that can be linked to Huntington’s disease, a...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
Extending life of donor eyes
An international team, co-ordinated by the Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain, is creating a device that resuscitates eyes...
Bob Tolliday
- Dec 21, 2020
- 3 min
Openness in Spain - annual report
The third annual report analysing the openness of Spanish biomedical institutions, and how they discuss the use of animals in research,...
Bob Tolliday
- Dec 21, 2020
- 4 min
Informe anual 2020 del Acuerdo de transparencia
El uso de modelos animales sigue siendo fundamental para la medicina del futuro El nivel de transparencia de las instituciones...
Ana Barros
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min
Age-related disease therapy
Spanish scientists have created a spin-off company to develop the first treatment for lung fibrosis based on gene therapy. Pulmonary...
Ana Barros
- Nov 17, 2020
- 4 min
Spain - EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
A study of the websites of biomedical research bodies in Spain, assessing how they discuss research using animals, published by the...
Ana Barros
- Nov 17, 2020
- 4 min
EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
The second study of websites of biomedical research bodies across the EU, published by the European Animal Research Association (EARA),...
Ana Barros
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Animal antibody concerns
Spanish and Dutch scientists, have highlighted the concerns of the biomedical research community over the EU Commission recommendations...
Bob Tolliday
- Oct 8, 2020
- 1 min
EARA media training workshops
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) will hold four online media training sessions in November, with the support of the...
Bob Tolliday
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
Animal-derived antibody debate
An article, just published in a leading scientific journal, by a group of Spanish biomedical institutions and EARA, claims the EU...
Ana Barros
- Oct 5, 2020
- 1 min
Chemotherapy side effects study
A study on mice by researchers in Spain has discovered the process that causes serious side effects on the nervous system during...
Ana Barros
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
New target in Alzheimer’s
A team of Spanish scientists has identified the role of an enzyme which reduces inflammation in the brain. The study, published in the...
Ana Barros
- Jul 20, 2020
- 1 min
EU survey
European researchers have confirmed the importance of using animals to the success of their studies, in a major EU survey. The Joint...
Ana Barros
- Jun 29, 2020
- 1 min
Organoids & Covid-19
A team of international researchers are growing miniature organs in the lab to understand how Covid-19 damages the body. Studies using...
Ana Barros
- Jun 7, 2020
- 1 min
Booklets for children
SECAL, the Spanish Society for Laboratory Animal Sciences, has developed a series of teaching booklets, aimed at children, on research...
Ana Barros
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
Podcast on EARA & EU regulations
EARA board member Javier Guillén is the latest guest on the popular Lab Rat Chat podcast, sponsored by Americans for Medical Progress....
