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Is the microbiome involved in childhood cancer?
UK researchers are uncovering a possible link between the microbiome and the most common cancer in children, and will first study mice to...
Gege Li
Jan 22, 20241 min read
New treatment to prevent sepsis
Researchers in Sweden have made a significant discovery, using mice and pigs, by treating severe bacterial infections with a newly...
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 15, 20241 min read
Infant heart transplant success
A baby boy who underwent pioneering heart surgery in 2022 is now a thriving toddler, doctors have reported.
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 15, 20241 min read
New insights into cocaine addiction
Researchers in Belgium have uncovered the crucial role, in cocaine addiction, of one particular gene.
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 15, 20241 min read
Swiss institutions publish first openness report
The Swiss Transparency Agreement on Animal Research (STAAR) has published its first annual report recording progress on open...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 15, 20241 min read
Mouse study on anxiety disorder
Researchers in Ireland and Germany have discovered that certain gut microbes influence social anxiety disorder (SAD).
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 8, 20241 min read
Potential vaccine for high cholesterol
US research, using mice and monkeys, could lead to a new vaccine to lower 'bad' cholesterol.
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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
Mouse study reveals new cancer insights
Researchers in France have made a groundbreaking discovery revealing that specific cells surrounding tumours influence the body’s...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 20, 20231 min read
‘Landmark’ trial of asthma drug
An antibody drug for treating severe asthma can successfully control the condition in patients without the need for inhaled steroids, a...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20231 min read
Role of hormones in pregnancy morning sickness
Scientists in the UK have identified high levels of a particular hormone as a significant factor in severe morning sickness. Hyperemesis...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 20, 20231 min read
2023 openness in animal research – EARA videos
Many researchers contributed to the EARA Instagram #TransparencyThursday Q&A series in 2023 (now on the EARA YouTube channel) where...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20232 min read
EARA News Digest top stories of 2023
Here is a selection of the most-read research stories in the EARA News Digest this year: In January, EARA member the University of...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20231 min read
New insights into stroke recovery
Swedish researchers have successfully treated mice and rats so that they regain sensation following a stroke, even several days after it...
Gege Li
Dec 18, 20231 min read
False UK media claims on animal research corrected
A UK national newspaper has been ordered to correct an article by its regulator, after it falsely claimed that there is ‘immense’...
Gege Li
Dec 18, 20232 min read
Gene editing tool gives hope for infant disease
US researchers have developed a new gene editing method to combat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), using genetically altered mice. SMA is a...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 18, 20231 min read
Videos on animal use at Belgian university
EARA member Ghent University (UGent), Belgium, has published two videos of its facilities and laboratories to explain how and why they...
Gege Li
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Test reveals how organs age differently
Researchers in the US have developed a simple blood test that estimates the biological age of specific organs, helping to predict...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Hereditary & transplant studies of ageing
Studies in France and the US have revealed new insights into accelerated ageing in animals. Researchers in France at IM Projet, Caduceum,...
Gege Li
Dec 11, 20231 min read
New transplant research in mice
Scientists in Canada have developed a new technology that prevents transplanted cells from being attacked by the body’s immune system in...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 4, 20231 min read
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