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Gege Li

5 days ago
1 min

Anxiety is similar in dogs and humans

Dogs with anxiety have similar behaviours and brain changes as humans with the condition, new research has found. The study at EARA...

Phase-out of European animal research is ‘unrealistic’

Bob Tolliday

5 days ago
1 min

Phase-out of European animal research is ‘unrealistic’

The European Research Council (EBC) has published a statement in support of the importance of using animals in research studies. The...

Gege Li

5 days ago
1 min

A direct cause of epilepsy

The activation of immune cells in the brain is directly linked to the development of seizures in epilepsy, a recent US study in fruit...

Gege Li

5 days ago
1 min

Neuroscience research awards

A recently announced contest on neuroscience and brain research is now open to high schools. The Neuroscience Research Award aims to...

Gege Li

Mar 13
1 min

‘Bioelectronics’ & brain disease

Swedish researchers have grown electrodes in the tissue of zebrafish and leeches, which could lead to mimicking technologies that can...

Gege Li

Mar 13
1 min

Injection to treat endometriosis

An antibody can relieve some of the key symptoms of a painful disorder when given to monkeys, researchers have found. Endometriosis is a...

Gege Li

Mar 13
1 min

Alpaca antibodies protect crops

Crops can be made resistant to disease by giving them antibodies derived from alpacas. Researchers at the University of East Anglia, UK,...

FDA Modernization Act 2.0 – what, if anything, has changed in US regulations?

The European Animal Research Association

Mar 9
6 min

FDA Modernization Act 2.0 – what, if anything, has changed in US regulations?

New legislation in the US has been hailed by animal rights groups as a ban on animal testing – in reality, very little has changed. EARA...

Gege Li

Mar 6
1 min

Blocking brain diseases in fruit flies

The death of nerve cells in the brain, common in motor neuron disease (MND) and dementia (FTD), can be blocked by feeding fruit flies a...

Gege Li

Mar 6
1 min

Science blog for French schoolchildren

The latest episode of EARA’s Let’s Talk SciComm YouTube series features Dr Valentine Bouet, a teacher-researcher at the University of...

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