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EU animal stats 2018
The European Commission has published EU-wide statistics for 2018, for the use of animals in biomedical research. The headline figure for...
Ana Barros
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Refinement prize
A European 3Rs body is seeking applications for an award to recognise new methods to refine animal testing. The European Partnership for...
Ana Barros
Jul 12, 20211 min read
3Rs grant for Belgian university
EARA member Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has been awarded a โฌ250,000 grant to promote alternative methods to animal testing. The...
Ana Barros
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2021 - partner organisations & statements
The Be Open About Animal Research Day 2021 initiative (#BOARD21) was supported by 85 partners across 22 countries. To be a partner,...
Ana Barros
Jul 1, 20211 min read
Be Open About Animal Research Day - #TransparencyThursday Q&As
EARA's #TransparencyThursday, which features regularly on our Instagram feed (and also on YouTube) is an initiative that allows the...
Ana Barros
Jul 1, 20211 min read
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2021 - live events
To celebrate Be Open About Animal Research Day 2021 (#BOARD21), institutions in Brazil and Spain organised live events, to talk about...
Ana Barros
Jul 1, 20211 min read
3Rs prize
Work on organoids that could replace the use of mice in some brain studies has won the UKโs major prize for non-animal methods in...
Ana Barros
Jun 14, 20211 min read
3Rs podcast
A podcast looking at the work of 3Rs centres across Europe has been launched. The podcast by the Altertox Academy, based in Belgium,...
Ana Barros
May 16, 20211 min read
Non-animal models in neurodegenerative disease
The EUโs Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a knowledge base of more than 550 non-animal models used for research into...
Bob Tolliday
May 10, 20211 min read
Scientists in the Netherlands talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 9, 20211 min read
Scientists in Germany talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 9, 20211 min read
Scientists in Greece talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 9, 20211 min read
Scientists in Portugal talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 9, 20211 min read
Scientists in Switzerland talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 9, 20211 min read
Mini-organs for toxicity testing
Researchers at EARA member Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands, have developed mini-organs for testing new medicines, reducing...
Bob Tolliday
May 3, 20211 min read
Improving mouse welfare
Scientists at EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have reported on a new way to administer drugs to mice without...
Ana Barros
Apr 5, 20211 min read
EARA at German event
An online event looking at how to improve communication on animal research in Germany will take place in April. Among the speakers are...
Ana Barros
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Charitรฉ 3Rs webinar
EARA member Charitรฉ - Universitรคtsmedizin Berlin, Germany, is holding an online webinar on severity levels in animal studies. The event...
Ana Barros
Mar 15, 20211 min read
Prostate cancer organoids
Researchers at the University of Bern, Switzerland, have developed an organoid model to help find personalised drug treatments for...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 15, 20211 min read
Avoiding side effects of cancer drugs
Scientists from EARA member the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU), Israel, have found a way to prevent kidney damage during the use of...
Ana Barros
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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