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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 5, 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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Is 'Rat Trap' a fair summary of why we use animals in research?
n her new book, author Pandora Pound sets out why the scientifically accepted justification for using animals in biomedical research is...
The European Animal Research Association
Nov 17, 20234 min read
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Reducing animal use in lung cancer research
Researchers in Norway have found a way to improve a non-animal method to study lung cancer, which reduces the numbers of animals needed...
Gege Li
Oct 30, 20231 min read
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Swiss university prizes for non-animal methods
The UZH 3Rs Award, newly introduced by EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, which highlights its researcher's advances in...
Gege Li
Oct 23, 20231 min read
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The necessity of animal research highlighted on Belgian TV
A Belgian TV programme featuring a leading researcher in neuroscience has recently presented a stimulating discussion on whether animal...
Gege Li
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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Brain model awarded Swiss 3Rs prize
The Swiss 3Rs Competence Centre has awarded its 3Rs Young Investigators Award to a scientist developing ways to study the brainโs...
Gege Li
Sep 11, 20231 min read
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Mice with human livers to treat disease
Healthy human livers in mice can be used to better understand and potentially treat various liver diseases, a recent study has shown....
Gege Li
Aug 21, 20231 min read
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Tonsil organoid wins 3Rs prize
A non-animal method to study respiratory infection and immunity has been awarded the International 3Rs Prize by the UK National Centre...
Gege Li
Jul 31, 20231 min read
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Swiss awards & 3Rs
Researchers from Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland have been recognised for their innovative work in science communication and in...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 12, 20231 min read
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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...
Gege Li
May 22, 20231 min read
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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
May 22, 20231 min read
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3Rs research projects in Germany
EARA member Charitรฉ โ Universitรคtsmedizin Berlin, in Germany, is funding 10 new research projects that align with the 3Rs principle of...
Gege Li
Feb 27, 20231 min read
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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?...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 18, 20222 min read
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3Rs research work wins honours
Scientists from across the word, who have demonstrated significant and innovative contributions to reducing, replacing, or refining the...
Gege Li
Nov 7, 20221 min read
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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
Oct 3, 20221 min read
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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...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 12, 20221 min read
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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
Sep 5, 20221 min read
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