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Spanish institutions set the record straight
Authorities at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and the University of Barcelona (UB) have set the record straight following recent...
Ana Barros
Feb 7, 20221 min read
Feature: Animal research saves lives. So why do opponents say it is ineffective?
One of the most common statistics used by activists to justify why animal research should be phased-out, or banned, is the...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 3, 20229 min read
Ernst Strüngmann video
EARA member, the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI), Germany, has published a video showcasing its people and research, including the...
Ana Barros
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Regrowing frog limbs
US scientists have regrown the legs of frogs after a brief drug treatment, marking a significant advance for regenerative medicine. The...
Ana Barros
Jan 31, 20221 min read
EARA article on misinformation
EARA has published a new article analysing some of the claims used by animal activists to discredit animal research. As political...
Ana Barros
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Alzheimer's disease
Spanish researchers from the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville have taken a step forward (in Spanish) in understanding memory loss in...
Ana Barros
Jan 24, 20221 min read
Cystic fibrosis & mice studies
A team at La Jolla Institute for Immunology, California, US, has found a new way to improve survival of mice with cystic fibrosis (CF), a...
Ana Barros
Jan 24, 20221 min read
Swiss vote
In less than a month’s time Swiss citizens will be asked to decide whether to approve a countrywide ban on research using animals in a...
Ana Barros
Jan 24, 20222 min read
New Let’s Talk SciComm in Greece
The first in EARA’s YouTube series of #LetsTalkSciComm this year features Dr Lina Ntokou, founder of a project that celebrates female...
Ana Barros
Jan 24, 20221 min read
Heart cells
Dutch scientists have found a way to improve the study of heart disease by growing human heart cells on a massive scale (see video). The...
Ana Barros
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Pig-to-human heart transplants
News about the first pig-to-human heart transplant has made headlines across the world, including discussion about the ethics of such a...
Ana Barros
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Free webinar
An online free event takes place next week to discuss animal suffering in science. The webinar, co-organised by the European Federation...
Ana Barros
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Mice & Alzheimer’s disease
A group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway, have demonstrated how mice can be used to answer questions...
Ana Barros
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Fruit flies & eye disease
Research in Portugal has taken a step forward in understanding blindness, through the eyes of fruit flies. Retinitis Pigmentosa – an eye...
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Nanoparticles to deliver drugs
A new tool, developed by US researchers, could help to measure how effectively nanoparticles can deliver drugs to a patient’s cells....
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Omicron variant
Recent animal research on the Covid-19 Omicron variant is helping scientists understand how the virus spreads and causes disease....
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Spanish transparency report published
The fourth annual report of the Transparency Agreement on Animal Research in Spain has shown the continued drive of institutions in 2020...
Ana Barros
Jan 4, 20222 min read
Trust in scientists
A worldwide survey on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has shown a strong increase in trust in science and scientists since 2018. The...
Ana Barros
Jan 4, 20221 min read
Nasal Covid-19 vaccines
Scientists from the Yale School of Medicine, USA, have found that nasal vaccines could potentially provide better protection against new...
Ana Barros
Jan 3, 20221 min read
Researchers on Instagram in 2021
This year on EARA Intagram, we saw more scientists than ever, coming forward publicly to answer questions about their research using...
Ana Barros
Dec 27, 20211 min read
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