Animal Research 4/22

News from EARA

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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Feature: Animal research saves lives. So why do opponents say it is ineffective?

Bob Tolliday

Feb 3
9 min

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...

Ana Barros

Jan 31
1 min

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
1 min

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
1 min

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 24
1 min

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
1 min

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
2 min

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
1 min

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 17
1 min

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
1 min

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
1 min

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
1 min

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 10
1 min

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
1 min

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
1 min

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 4
2 min

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
1 min

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 3
1 min

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

Dec 27, 2021
1 min

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...

Science communication on YouTube in 2021

Ana Barros

Dec 27, 2021
1 min

Science communication on YouTube in 2021

In 2021 EARA launched its new video series #LetsTalkSciComm, inviting leading science communicators to share their tips and experiences...