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Organoids are promising but not alternatives, yet โ new feature
A new feature by EARA Swiss Ambassador, Rรฉmi Cartier, examines the current use and limitations of โorganoidsโ that are becoming a widely used tool in biomedical research but emphasises they cannot yet replace animal studies.ย
Inรชs Serrenho
May 261 min read
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AAALAC awards for 3Rs innovation
EARA member AAALAC International has announced details about its 2025ย Global 3Rs Awards ย worth $10,000 (USD) each. Up to four awards...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 281 min read
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Speedy tool to study behaviour in fruit flies
A new machine learning tool, developed in India, could help scientists around the world study behaviour, such as aggression and...
Inรชs Serrenho
Apr 211 min read
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Reducing animal use in innovative antibody testing
A breakthrough technology developed in Switzerland couldย drastically reduce ย the number of animals needed for safety testing of...
Inรชs Serrenho
Mar 311 min read
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Replacing monkeys with pigs inย testing
A โฌ17.5m EU project is seeking to identify where pigs could replace monkeys in safety testing. The NHPig ย project is a five-year...
Gege Li
Dec 23, 20242 min read
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Reducing mice use with ultrasound
A UK institute has used ultrasound ย to more accurately pinpoint pregnancy in mice, which could lead to a reduction in the numbersย used...
Gege Li
Oct 7, 20241 min read
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Treating bowel disease using caterpillars
A recent interview ย has highlighted the emerging value of caterpillars to the study of diseases of the intestines and how this...
Gege Li
Aug 27, 20241 min read
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Stress-free mice weighing with computer vision
Research from the US has developed a new non-invasive method to effectively weigh mice using computer vision, enhancing animal welfare in...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 19, 20241 min read
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Sheep studies on new biomaterials
Using sheep, separate studies from France and the US have uncovered potential biomaterial treatments for heart disease and cartilage...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 12, 20242 min read
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Swiss 3Rs centre announces annual awardees
The Swiss 3RCC has announced the recipients of its annual awards, recognising outstanding contributions to the 3Rs of animal research.
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jul 8, 20241 min read
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Rehoming lab rats in New Zealand
An articleย in Cosmos Magazineย has looked at some of the rehoming initiatives for rats that have previously been used in biomedical...
Gege Li
Jul 1, 20242 min read
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5% of animal studies lead to human treatments โ failure or success?
A scientific review of the progress of animal studies through to human trials and drug development, which showed that just one in 20...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jun 24, 20243 min read
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Scicomm awards for animal research
Innovative communications initiatives by researchers, as well as projects to replace and reduce the use of animals, have been recognised...
Gege Li
May 20, 20241 min read
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Lab-grown lungs in toxicology testing?
Scientists in the UK have developed human lung organoids that can mimic the responses of a living person to nanomaterial exposure,...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Apr 29, 20241 min read
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Swiss university hub to improve research animal welfare
ETH Zurich has recently launchedย an initiative that brings together its activities and knowledge on the 3Rs principles, to establish...
Gege Li
Apr 15, 20241 min read
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Call to take part in animal care survey
A European research network has launched a survey, aimed at animal care staff and lab technicians, to gain an insight into their...
Gege Li
Mar 18, 20241 min read
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EARA Participation at the 2nd CAM Conference
EARA participated in the 2nd CAM Conference, a two-day scientific meeting hosted by the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nรผrnberg...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Feb 6, 20241 min read
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Reducing animal use through reuse
Researchers in Spain have developed an online platform aimed at helping to reduce the use of animals and speed up biomedical research....
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 31, 20241 min read
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Mini-experiments could reduce animal use
A new way to design experiments could reduce the overall number of animals used in biomedical research, a German study has suggested.
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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Improving zebrafish welfare in research
The UK National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) has published a report about the...
Gege Li
Dec 4, 20231 min read
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