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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...
Maria Vlastara
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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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
Aug 8, 20221 min read
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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 27, 20221 min read
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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 18, 20221 min read
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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
Jul 7, 20222 min read
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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 27, 20221 min read
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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
Jun 7, 20225 min read
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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
May 23, 20221 min read
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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...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 25, 20221 min read
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EU report on alternatives to animal testing
The EUโs Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a status report on alternatives to animal testing. The annual report of the EU...
Ana Barros
Apr 18, 20221 min read
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#TransparencyThursday
A leading scientist in Germany has spoken about his research involving the use of animals for EARAโs #TransparencyThursday Q&A series on...
Ana Barros
Apr 4, 20221 min read
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3Rs conference grants
Conference grants for students and early career researchers are being offered by the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to...
Ana Barros
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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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...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 1, 20224 min read
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Apply for 3Rs prize
The annual UK NC3Rs prize, calling for excellent examples of replacement, reduction and refinement in the use of animals in research, is...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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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...
Ana Barros
Jan 17, 20221 min read
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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 17, 20221 min read
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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
Jan 10, 20221 min read
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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, 20211 min read
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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 27, 20211 min read
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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 21, 20211 min read
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