Heart cells
Dutch scientists have found a way to improve the study of heart disease by growing human heart cells on a massive scale (see video). The...
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Ana Barros
- Jan 17
- 1 min
Free webinar
An online free event takes place next week to discuss animal suffering in science. The webinar, co-organised by the European Federation...
Ana Barros
- Jan 10
- 1 min
Replacing mice to study brain cancer
Scientists at Uppsala University, Sweden, have created a new way to study brain cancer tumours and partly replace the use of mice models...
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
- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Science communicator needed in Belgium
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) and the Belgian Council for Laboratory Animal Science (BCLAS) are looking for a science...
Ana Barros
- Dec 21, 2021
- 1 min
3Rs improvement in rodent studies
Scientists from the Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Olomouc, Czechia, have developed a less stressful and painful way...
Ana Barros
- Dec 20, 2021
- 1 min
Scientists talk about their research using animals
Find out more about how leading scientists from around the world have been answering your questions about their studies using animals....
Ana Barros
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
Sex selection & gene editing
A method of gene-editing that can produce single-sex litters of mice could prove a major boost to animal welfare in scientific research...
Ana Barros
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
EARA at Oxford webinar
An online event, tomorrow (7 Dec) to discuss developments in 3Rs practices will also feature a talk by EARA Executive Director, Kirk...
Ana Barros
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
EARA at events in Portugal
EARA will take part in a discussion on the recent vote by the EU Parliament to end animal research, and its potential impact in Europe,...
Ana Barros
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Journalism award
An article reporting on Covid-19 research at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, The Netherlands, has won the Silver Award in the...
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
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Alzheimer’s & human data
Using human data, scientists at University of Cambridge, UK, have found that Alzheimer’s progresses in a different way than previously...
Ana Barros
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Guardian video
UK newspaper, The Guardian, has explored some of the common questions about animal research in a new video. Journalist Richard Sprenger...
Ana Barros
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
3Rs awards
Prizes which recognised three innovations, that reduce the need for animals in research, have been won by scientists from China, the UK...
Ana Barros
- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
Neuroscientist Q&A on EARA Instagram
This Thursday, a leading researcher from Germany will be answering questions on EARA Instagram about his research on motion and movement....
Becky Jones
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
Mini brains for progressive brain disease
Researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, have developed brain organoids from patients with a severe condition to improve...
Ana Barros
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
EPAA 3Rs award
The EU’s top prize for innovation which improves animal welfare during research has been won by the University of Coimbra, Portugal. The...
Ana Barros
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
UK cancer exhibition
The first-ever exhibition on cancer research in the UK, pairing patients with scientists to discuss the topic, has opened in London....
Ana Barros
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min