The origin of language and memory
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Bob Tolliday
- Feb 8, 2021
- 1 min
Targeting cancer cells
Scientists at Tel Aviv University, Israel, have identified how a unique property of cancer cells could provide a new method of killing...
Ana Barros
- Feb 8, 2021
- 1 min
Imaging zebrafish for ALS research
Scientists at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Quebec, Canada, have created an imaging tool to visualise the motor...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
US poll on animal research
Three recent public opinion polls held by the Foundation of Biomedical Research (FBR), US, show that acceptance of animal research in the...
Ana Barros
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
Understanding sepsis
Research from the EARA member Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Portugal, has found new evidence to understand and fight sepsis - a...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
Reversing paralysis in mice
Scientists at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have made paralysed mice walk again by stimulating healing in the spinal cord (video)....
Ana Barros
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min
Ben Stiller & free event on MND
An online US event looking at the path to a new treatment for ALS (or MND), based on a patient story, takes place next week. Hosted by...
Ana Barros
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min
MND breakthrough
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have discovered a way in which neurons can be repaired, so as to stop muscle wastage in...
Ana Barros
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min
Eye disease in rats
Research in rats, published during Glaucoma Awareness Month, suggests potential treatments for the eye condition. Scientists at...
Ana Barros
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min
Animal studies & blindness
US scientists have found a potential treatment for blindness in patients with retinal disorders, that affect around 200 million people...
Ana Barros
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
EU animal alternatives event
The European Commission will provide an update on its work to replace animals in science at a free conference next month. The virtual...
Ana Barros
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
Fighting blood cancer
A collaboration between EARA member institutions in Germany, has created a new approach to fight blood cancer. Using two mouse models,...
Ana Barros
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
Covid-19 vaccine and MS
BioNTech, the German company involved in production of the first approved Covid-19 vaccine, is now applying its vaccine technology in...
Ana Barros
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
US rodent numbers row
A paper estimating the numbers of mice and rats used annually in US research has been strongly challenged within the biomedical research...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
Inhaled vaccines
Scientists at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, USA, have identified a new way to deliver a vaccine by aerosol rather than...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
Monkeys for Covid-19 research
US researchers have confirmed the importance of using rhesus macaque monkeys as models in Covid-19 research, in a recent study. The...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
UK schoolchildren part of fly experiment
Schoolchildren in the UK have joined a global experiment run by Stanford University, USA, and the University of Oxford, UK, using fruit...
Bob Tolliday
- Dec 22, 2020
- 5 min
Feature: Making vaccines safe - animal testing plays a vital part
While basic research using animals gave scientists a greater understanding of the Covid-19 virus, such as its structure and genetic...
Bob Tolliday
- Dec 21, 2020
- 3 min
Openness in Spain - annual report
The third annual report analysing the openness of Spanish biomedical institutions, and how they discuss the use of animals in research,...
Bob Tolliday
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Zebrafish stress study
Researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia, have shed light on how some of the genes react to chronic stress...