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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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EARA at events in Portugal
EARA will take part in a discussion on the recent vote by the EU Parliament to end animal research, and its potential impact in Europe,...
Ana Barros
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Balancing fear
Scientists at the EARA member, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany, have found how the body, not just the brain, regulates fear...
Ana Barros
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Treatments for blood cancer
Belgian researchers have identified a new target to treat patients with an advanced form of blood cancer, thanks to research in mice and...
Ana Barros
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Journalism award
An article reporting on Covid-19 research at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, The Netherlands, has won the Silver Award in the...
Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
EARA at Spanish event
The biomedical community needs to ‘shift the balance’ to talk more about the benefits of using animals in research, EARA executive...
Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Climate change & animal research
Marking the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK, have has highlighted some ways that animal research...
Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Alzheimer’s & human data
Using human data, scientists at University of Cambridge, UK, have found that Alzheimer’s progresses in a different way than previously...
Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Frogs & kidney disease
Researchers at EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have found a better way to study kidney disease by using frogs. With...
Ana Barros
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Guardian video
UK newspaper, The Guardian, has explored some of the common questions about animal research in a new video. Journalist Richard Sprenger...
Ana Barros
Nov 15, 20211 min read
3Rs awards
Prizes which recognised three innovations, that reduce the need for animals in research, have been won by scientists from China, the UK...
Ana Barros
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Heart valves & zebrafish
Scientists at Imperial College London, UK, have made new discoveries about how heart valves grow and develop (see video). The team, in...
Ana Barros
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Covid research and the contribution of monkeys
A recent article, in the French publication Usbek & Rica, has asked a number of scientists to explain the importance of using monkeys in...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 8, 20212 min read
Therapy for a rare condition in children
After 30 years of research, a therapy has been approved to treat a rare condition that leaves children susceptible to seemingly harmless...
Ana Barros
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Gene therapy for skin cancer
Researchers at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, have developed a new gene therapy for a common skin cancer, which accounts for...
Ana Barros
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Neuroscientist Q&A on EARA Instagram
This Thursday, a leading researcher from Germany will be answering questions on EARA Instagram about his research on motion and movement....
Ana Barros
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Outdoor Auditorium
A Portuguese research institute has been offering outdoor talks for all its staff and students, to find out more about their research....
Ana Barros
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Netherlands Transparency Agreement on animal research launched
Today, 15 Dutch biomedical organisations have made a significant commitment to openness about the use of animals in research, by signing...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 2, 20212 min read
EARA opinion piece on phase out
EARA has called on the biomedical community to be ‘less reactive and more assertive’ in its response to calls by the European Parliament...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 1, 20211 min read
EPAA 3Rs award
The EU’s top prize for innovation which improves animal welfare during research has been won by the University of Coimbra, Portugal. The...
Ana Barros
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Immune clock breakthrough
Swiss and German researchers have discovered that the body’s immune system can vary in levels of activity, depending on the time of day....
Bob Tolliday
Nov 1, 20211 min read
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