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The role of the liver in diseases
Recent animal studies, at institutions in Spain, have highlighted the importance of the liver when studying diseases. Researchers at...
Gege Li
Jul 3, 20231 min read
Treating eye conditions
Irish researchers have developed a new approach to treat glaucoma, tested first in mice and monkeys. Glaucoma affects around 80 million...
Gege Li
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Insights into blood pressure using rats
High blood pressure can be reduced by stimulating each side of the body and brain in separate ways, a new study in rats has shown. A team...
Gege Li
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Animal & cartilage study for osteoarthritis
UK researchers are planning new drug treatments after identifying a protein that appears to reduce the damage of a common joint disorder....
Gege Li
Jun 19, 20231 min read
Studies for Huntington’s & depression
Researchers at EARA member the University of Helsinki, Finland, have used studies in mice to gain insights into brain disease and...
Gege Li
Jun 19, 20231 min read
Dutch Transparency Agreement report
All signatories show greater openness in first report of the Dutch Transparency Agreement on Animal Research The first annual report...
The European Animal Research Association
Jun 14, 20233 min read
Animal tests & chemical safety – report
A ‘significant uptake’ in the use of non-animal testing methods has been reported by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). In its fifth...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 12, 20231 min read
EARA warns of replacing animal research
EARA executive director, Kirk Leech, has urged caution about the ‘wishful thinking’ of animal groups that have called for the immediate...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 12, 20231 min read
Swiss awards & 3Rs
Researchers from Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland have been recognised for their innovative work in science communication and in...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 12, 20231 min read
‘Blockbuster’ menopause drug approved
A drug for preventing hot flashes during the menopause has been hailed by scientists as a ‘transformative’ treatment for women....
Gege Li
Jun 2, 20231 min read
Insights into hibernation using animals
Animal hibernation may be able to protect against sepsis, a potentially lethal reaction to infection, a study at the University Medical...
Gege Li
Jun 2, 20231 min read
Brain implant treats paralysed man
Excitement, with a note of caution, has greeted the news that a paralysed man has been able to walk again thanks to a brain implant that...
Gege Li
Jun 2, 20231 min read
EARA feature – Animals in cancer studies
EARA has published a new feature article looking at the use of animals in cancer research, and the breakthroughs in understanding and...
Gege Li
May 29, 20231 min read
‘Striking’ gel to treat brain tumours
A gel, that can kill hard-to-reach cancer cells, has successfully cured mice of an aggressive type of brain tumour, giving hope it could...
Gege Li
May 29, 20231 min read
Treating inflammatory disease
A newly discovered protein structure involved in the immune response in mice may hold clues to preventing inflammatory diseases, a recent...
Gege Li
May 29, 20231 min read
EARA statement: Major implications for public health & biomedical research from phase-out petition
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) is deeply concerned by the implications for public health and biomedical research of...
The European Animal Research Association
May 25, 20233 min read
Insights into weight loss in cancer patients
Using mice and human tissues, researchers have identified a possible way to stop, or slow down, a common wasting syndrome in cancer...
Gege Li
May 22, 20231 min read
Organoids & chip alternatives developed
Two recent studies have shown progress in the search for non-animal alternatives to research into blood clotting and the heart. In what...
Gege Li
May 22, 20231 min read
Oral mRNA vaccine progress stalls
A project to deliver mRNA vaccines in oral form will not go ahead following an early-stage study in mice. BioNTech, the German company...
Gege Li
May 22, 20231 min read
How the gut affects the brain, using mice
In a Q&A interview for the European Parliament, a leading neuroscientist has highlighted how signals between gut bacteria and the brain...
Gege Li
May 15, 20231 min read
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