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This page contains all the news outputs from EARA, including press releases and videos, EARA policy and news briefings, plus opinion pieces and significant media articles.
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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
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
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