Gel could replace mice in cell studies
Researchers have developed a synthetic gel that behaves like skin, which could replace a substance currently made from mouse cells for...
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Gege Li
- May 22
- 1 min
Organoids & chip alternatives developed
Two recent studies have shown progress in the search for non-animal alternatives to research into blood clotting and the heart. In what...
Gege Li
- Feb 27
- 1 min
3Rs research projects in Germany
EARA member Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, in Germany, is funding 10 new research projects that align with the 3Rs principle of...
Gege Li
- Nov 7, 2022
- 1 min
3Rs research work wins honours
Scientists from across the word, who have demonstrated significant and innovative contributions to reducing, replacing, or refining the...
Bob Tolliday
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
Funding stymies acceptance of non-animal testing
A chronic shortage of funding is holding up the approval of non-animal methods for testing the safety of chemicals, a leading expert has...
Bob Tolliday
- Sep 12, 2022
- 1 min
Toxicity testing without using fish
Swiss and Dutch scientists are working on a four-year project to replace the use of fish in toxicity testing. The project has received...
Maria Vlastara
- Sep 5, 2022
- 1 min
Breakthroughs in synthetic mouse embryos
Scientists have created mouse embryos from stem cells, that have developed a brain and a heart, without using either eggs or sperm. The...
Maria Vlastara
- Aug 22, 2022
- 1 min
Non-invasive monitoring of vital functions in rats
A new type of jacket, which can be worn by animals to check their bodily functions during biomedical research, has been developed. A team...
Bob Tolliday
- Aug 8, 2022
- 1 min
Animal sentience in insects and worms?
An article in Undark magazine has asked whether invertebrate animals, such as fruit flies, bees or nematode worms, experience pain and...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 27, 2022
- 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 18, 2022
- 1 min
Organ-on-a-chip design prize
A prestigious international 3Rs prize has been awarded for an innovative way to produce organ-on-a-chip systems cheaply and faster. The...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
EU Parliament event on animal research
Scientists gave a strong defence of the vital need to use animals in research, at a European Parliament workshop last week, which...
Bob Tolliday
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
3Rs and comms awards for researchers
The first ART awards event, hosted by Animal Research Tomorrow, was held last week to recognise innovative projects by early career...
Bob Tolliday
- Jun 7, 2022
- 5 min
Catch EARA at the Felasa animal science conference
EARA will have a strong presence at next week's 15th Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (Felasa) Congress,...
Bob Tolliday
- May 23, 2022
- 1 min
Non-animal toxicity tests
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has approved a new test guideline (TG) which offers a non-animal...
Bob Tolliday
- Apr 25, 2022
- 1 min
The future of experimental models in biomedical research
A webinar will be held this week to discuss a UK public research body report into the current use of different models in biomedical...
Ana Barros
- Apr 18, 2022
- 1 min
EU report on alternatives to animal testing
The EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a status report on alternatives to animal testing. The annual report of the EU...
Ana Barros
- Apr 4, 2022
- 1 min
#TransparencyThursday
A leading scientist in Germany has spoken about his research involving the use of animals for EARA’s #TransparencyThursday Q&A series on...
Ana Barros
- Mar 14, 2022
- 1 min
3Rs conference grants
Conference grants for students and early career researchers are being offered by the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to...
Bob Tolliday
- Mar 1, 2022
- 4 min
EARA press release on Commission phase-out statement
For immediate release 01/03/2022: For further information contact EARA Communications Manager, Bob Tolliday btolliday@eara.eu on +44...
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