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EU on non-animal methods
The EUโs Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a knowledge base of 300 non-animal models used for research on respiratory diseases...
Ana Barros
Sep 28, 20201 min read
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Waste food used in eye research
Pig eyes, common waste products of the food industry, are being used by scientists to help improve treatment and research into human eye...
Ana Barros
Sep 21, 20201 min read
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Organoid research secures funding
A research project aiming to confirm โmini-organsโ as good models to study human biology has won EU funding. The HCA|Organoid initiative,...
Ana Barros
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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3Rs in Covid-19 debate
Two live webinars on the 3Rs in coronavirus research have highlighted the disagreements over the contribution of animal research in the...
Ana Barros
Aug 29, 20203 min read
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3Rs in Covid-19 webinars
With the postponement of the 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC11), two free webinars are...
Ana Barros
Aug 24, 20201 min read
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Bat organoid research for Covid-19
A simplified version of a bat gut has been created by scientists at the University of Hong Kong, China, to study coronavirus. The team...
Ana Barros
Jul 6, 20201 min read
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Virtual lab tours
With in-person laboratory tours impossible at present, virtual tours to engage with the public are showing their value. An article in The...
Ana Barros
Jun 29, 20201 min read
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Organoids & Covid-19
A team of international researchers are growing miniature organs in the lab to understand how Covid-19 damages the body. Studies using...
Ana Barros
Jun 29, 20201 min read
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3Rs award UK
A Cambridge scientist has been awarded a prestigious 3Rs prize for their innovative methods in basic research. The 3Rs Prize, sponsored...
Ana Barros
Jun 15, 20201 min read
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Animal studies and Covid-19 origins
Animal experiments, cell studies and computational models are being used by researchers around the world to find the origins of the...
Ana Barros
May 26, 20201 min read
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Call to end animal-derived antibodies
The EUโs agency to advance the 3Rs in animal procedures has called for an end to the use of animals in the development and production of...
Ana Barros
May 26, 20201 min read
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3Rs grants and awards
Grants to support training in the 3Rs are being offered by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS). There are grants...
Ana Barros
May 18, 20201 min read
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Fighting coronavirus using computer modelling
The Human Brain Project, based in Geneva, Switzerland, and its partner Forschungszentrum Jรผlich, Germany, are now using their knowledge...
Ana Barros
Apr 27, 20201 min read
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New source to share 3Rs techniques
A new online platform to publish information about different methods for the refinement and improvement of animal experiments has been...
Ana Barros
Apr 27, 20201 min read
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Swiss recognition on 3Rs innovation
EARA member, Swiss Laboratory Animal Science has released video interviews with the winners of its most recent 3Rs awards. The awards...
Ana Barros
Apr 14, 20201 min read
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Study: Use only one animal species in some drug tests
A major study has reached a significant conclusion about the use of animal species in drug safety testing. Currently, regulators require...
Ana Barros
Mar 30, 20201 min read
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El Principio de las 3R
El principio de las 3R fue introducido hace mรกs de 60 anos y establece los estรกndares aceptados para investigar con animales. Estos...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 1, 20201 min read
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EARA responds to MEP comments on research funding
EARA has challenged comments made by an MEP, who has called for the withdrawal of funding from 'animal-based research'. Tilly Metz MEP, a...
Ana Barros
Feb 25, 20201 min read
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Cancer organoid provides new detail into how cells communicate
A study by researchers, in the UK and Canada, has revealed a new technique, using tumour organoids, to understand how cells communicate...
Ana Barros
Feb 25, 20201 min read
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โHuman bodyโ on a chip to help drug development
Scientists at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Harvard University, USA, have created organs-on-a chip that may be a better predictor of...
Ana Barros
Feb 17, 20201 min read
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