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Tick saliva treats disease
Researchers in Australia have found that ticks, a type of arachnid, may help to treat inflammatory diseases. The team at Monash...
Ana Barros
Mar 14, 20221 min read
First heart & thymus transplant
A baby has received a combined heart and thymus transplant in pioneering surgery at Duke University Hospital, North Carolina, USA. Easton...
Ana Barros
Mar 14, 20221 min read
3Rs conference grants
Conference grants for students and early career researchers are being offered by the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to...
Ana Barros
Mar 14, 20221 min read
EU rejects to phase-out call
The EU Commission has voiced its strong support for biomedical research, in a response to calls by the European Parliament for a faster...
Ana Barros
Mar 7, 20221 min read
3D bioprinting & alternatives
Two European projects are seeking to reduce the use of animals in research by using 3D bioprinting. The BRIGHTER project aims to overcome...
Ana Barros
Mar 7, 20221 min read
#LetsTalkSciComm
In the latest edition of EARA’s #LetsTalkSciComm series, Sam Shingles, Communities Officer from UK-based campaign group Sense about...
Ana Barros
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Virtual events in March
An event on Culture of Care and Responsible Research is taking place virtualy this week. Hosted by the University Hospital Jena, Germany,...
Ana Barros
Mar 7, 20221 min read
EARA press release on Commission phase-out statement
For immediate release 01/03/2022: For further information contact EARA Communications Manager, Bob Tolliday btolliday@eara.eu on +44...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 1, 20224 min read
Time-keeping rats
A collaboration between French and Polish researchers has revealed that rats can estimate passing time and evaluate how well they did...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Brain Sciences prize awarded
An international brain sciences award has gone to a researcher in Argentina for her pioneering work studying brain diseases in mice. The...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 28, 20221 min read
French MP visits research centre
The French MP, Cédric Villani, has recently visited animal facilities at the University of Strasbourg, as its guest, in conjunction with...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Zebrafish and MS
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have taken a step forward in understanding multiple sclerosis (MS), using zebrafish. In MS...
Ana Barros
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Apply for 3Rs prize
The annual UK NC3Rs prize, calling for excellent examples of replacement, reduction and refinement in the use of animals in research, is...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Neuralink response
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has said that claims that monkeys were mistreated during research are ‘misleading’. Neuralink, and the California...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Swiss vote on ban
Voters in the Swiss referendum, calling for a ban on animal research in the country, have emphatically rejected it by 79% to 21%. It was...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 21, 20221 min read
New way to deliver drugs to the brain
UK scientists have found a way to deliver drugs to the brain using ultrasound. Teams at King’s College London, and Imperial College...
Ana Barros
Feb 14, 20221 min read
Spinal implant offers promise for the paralysed
Swiss researchers have developed an implant that allows patients with a complete spinal cord injury to stand and walk again (video). The...
Ana Barros
Feb 14, 20221 min read
Controlling brain activity
US scientists have been able to activate cells in the brain using sound waves, in a move that could benefit treatment of conditions such...
Ana Barros
Feb 14, 20221 min read
Fruit fly brain
Research at EARA member VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Belgium, has taken a step forward in understanding the brain...
Ana Barros
Feb 7, 20221 min read
Get on #BOARD22
This June, EARA will once again co-ordinate Be Open about Animal Research Day – Get on #BOARD22, the 24-hour global social media campaign...
Ana Barros
Feb 7, 20221 min read
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