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Ana Barros
- Jul 1
- 3 min
Portuguese transparency report 2020
The first annual report of biomedical institutions in Portugal, examining how they discuss the use of animals in research, shows...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 1
- 3 min
Transparency Agreement in Germany launched
More than 50 German universities, research centres and companies today signed a transparency agreement on animal research, with a...
Ana Barros
- Jun 29
- 3 min
Get ready for Get on #BOARD21
On Thursday, a 24-hour social media campaign, involving 1,000 biomedical institutions across the world, will celebrate proactive...
Becky Jones
- Jun 28
- 1 min
Updated diet for lab rodents
Concerns about the diet of mice and rats and the effect this has on research results, has led to sweeping new recommendations by US...
Becky Jones
- Jun 28
- 1 min
mRNA malaria vaccine
Scientists have developed an effective vaccine against malaria, using the mRNA technology first seen in the successful Covid-19 vaccines....
Becky Jones
- Jun 28
- 1 min
New Culture of Care publications
The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has published a leaflet outlining the importance of...
Becky Jones
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Antibodies for dogs
Scientists at the UK firm PetMedix, have created a system which could help make better potential new antibody medicines for dogs. In...
Becky Jones
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Primates in Covid-19 video
A behind-the-scenes video, at a facility in Louisiana, USA, has highlighted the importance of studies using monkeys in the fight against...
Becky Jones
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Missing mice in media coverage
Sloppy journalism is leading to a lack of transparency on the reporting of the use of animal models in Alzheimer’s research. A study by...
Ana Barros
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Pollution & dementia
Scientists from the University of California, Davis, USA, have found a link between air pollution and a higher risk of developing...
Ana Barros
- Jun 14
- 1 min
3Rs prize
Work on organoids that could replace the use of mice in some brain studies has won the UK’s major prize for non-animal methods in...
Ana Barros
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Antibody drug & Covid-19
The EU has purchased 55,000 doses of a monoclonal antibody treatment for Covid-19, which significantly reduces the hospitalisation of...
Bob Tolliday
- Jun 7
- 1 min
EU animal statistics database
The EU Commission has published its first statistical database on the use of animals for scientific purposes. The free-access ALURES data...
Becky Jones
- Jun 7
- 1 min
Why use animals in neuroscience research?
EARA has published a new article exploring some of the reasons that animal research is still essential in basic and clinical neuroscience...
Becky Jones
- Jun 7
- 1 min
Space research with animals
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland, are using zebrafish to understand how humans might be able to safely reach...
Becky Jones
- Jun 7
- 1 min
Spanish communications video
EARA member the Spanish Society of Science for Laboratory Animals (SECAL), has produced a video answering common questions about the use...
Becky Jones
- Jun 4
- 7 min
Feature: Why do we need to use animals in neuroscience research?
Perhaps more than in any other field of biomedical research, it is essential to use animals to understand the functions of the brain,...
Bob Tolliday
- May 31
- 1 min
EARA invitation to MEP sceptic
Colleagues of an MEP, who expressed doubts about the need for animal research in Covid-19 vaccine testing, have urged her to take up an...
Ana Barros
- May 31
- 1 min
Get on #BOARD21
EARA is to co-ordinate the first ever global social media campaign to celebrate proactive communication about animal research in July. On...