Preventing spread of cancer
German researchers have created a new mouse model to study the spread of cancer. The aim of the GM model was to understand the role of...
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Ana Barros
- Nov 2, 2020
- 1 min
Covid-19 mouse model
EARA member Taconic Biosciences have launched a mouse model which could play an important role in the fight against Covid-19. The mouse...
Ana Barros
- Nov 2, 2020
- 1 min
AI & animals
Research from Imperial College London, the University of Cambridge, UK, and Google’s DeepMind, suggests that observing animal behaviour...
Ana Barros
- Oct 26, 2020
- 1 min
Berlin Science Week
EARA member the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany, will present its new animal lab at an online event, next week. The...
Ana Barros
- Oct 26, 2020
- 1 min
Cold shock protein & dementia
Researchers in the UK have discovered that a ‘cold shock’ protein found in cold water swimmers may prevent brain diseases, such as...
Ana Barros
- Oct 26, 2020
- 1 min
EARA media training
For the first time, EARA is launching a series of interactive online media training workshops designed for audiences in four different...
Bob Tolliday
- Oct 19, 2020
- 1 min
New way to target brain tumours
Researchers, including EARA member the University of Zurich, have found a potential new treatment for aggressive brain tumours, using...
Ana Barros
- Oct 19, 2020
- 1 min
Hair loss in mice
A study led by scientists from the EARA members the University of Helsinki, Finland, and the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing,...
Ana Barros
- Oct 19, 2020
- 1 min
Fruit fly nanomaterial
Scientists from Switzerland and Russia have developed a microscopic material mimicking the protective layer of a fruit fly eye. The...
Ana Barros
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Animal research in Nobel Prizes
The 2020 Nobel Prizes have highlighted the important role of animal research in life science and medicine. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry...
Bob Tolliday
- Oct 8, 2020
- 2 min
Animal antibody debate - Netherlands
A government agency, working to reduce the use of animal research in the Netherlands, has described EU Commission calls for a ban on the...
Bob Tolliday
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
Animal-derived antibody debate
An article, just published in a leading scientific journal, by a group of Spanish biomedical institutions and EARA, claims the EU...
Bob Tolliday
- Oct 5, 2020
- 1 min
Fruit fly study of genetic syndrome
Researchers at the Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, have developed a fruit fly model of Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS), a severe...
Ana Barros
- Oct 5, 2020
- 1 min
Cartilage repair models
UK scientists have created a new way to regrow knee cartilage and improve joint pain in animals with osteoarthritis. In studies, using...
Ana Barros
- Oct 5, 2020
- 1 min
Chemotherapy side effects study
A study on mice by researchers in Spain has discovered the process that causes serious side effects on the nervous system during...
Ana Barros
- Oct 5, 2020
- 1 min
AMP Podcast
US advocacy group Americans for Medical Progress (AMP) has spoken about the importance of animal research in a podcast for Federal News...
Ana Barros
- Sep 28, 2020
- 1 min
Primate lab at online festival
The chance for a behind-the-scenes look at an Oxford University primate lab will be on offer at an online event next week (5 October)....
Ana Barros
- Sep 28, 2020
- 1 min
Repurposed drug for blood cancer patients
A drug commonly used to treat arthritis may help treat some blood cancers, a new UK study has found. A collaboration between the...
Ana Barros
- Sep 28, 2020
- 1 min
Zebrafish in rare kidney disease study
A collaboration between UK and Hungarian researchers has identified a gene associated with a rare kidney disease, only two cases of which...
Ana Barros
- Sep 21, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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