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Feature: Why do we need to use animals in neuroscience research?
Perhaps more than in any other field of biomedical research, it is essential to use animals to understand the functions of the brain,...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 4, 20217 min read
EARA invitation to MEP sceptic
Colleagues of an MEP, who expressed doubts about the need for animal research in Covid-19 vaccine testing, have urged her to take up an...
Bob Tolliday
May 31, 20211 min read
Get on #BOARD21
EARA is to co-ordinate the first ever global social media campaign to celebrate proactive communication about animal research in July. On...
Ana Barros
May 31, 20211 min read
New cancer therapy
Scientists at EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland have developed a new technology which instructs cancer cells to start...
Bob Tolliday
May 31, 20211 min read
EARA letter in the Times
EARA executive director, Kirk Leech, has responded (today 28 May 2021) to an opinion piece in The Times from UK actress Joanna Lumley...
Ana Barros
May 28, 20211 min read
Transparency in Belgium & Spain
Two excellent communications initiatives from Belgium and Spain, using imagery and video, have been published to promote transparency...
Ana Barros
May 24, 20211 min read
Asthma vaccine in mice
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, have developed a successful vaccine to treat severe asthma in mice. In collaboration...
Ana Barros
May 24, 20211 min read
ANZLAA partnership
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) is pleased to announce its new collaborative partnership with the Australian and New...
Bob Tolliday
May 19, 20212 min read
EARA YouTube release & Pint of Science
To mark this week’s global science communication festival, Pint of Science, EARA’s latest #LetsTalkSciComm video on YouTube has an...
Ana Barros
May 17, 20211 min read
Preventing hearing loss in mice
Exposing ears to near infrared light (NIR) could be a way to prevent noise-induced hearing loss, according to studies by German and US...
Ana Barros
May 17, 20211 min read
3Rs podcast
A podcast looking at the work of 3Rs centres across Europe has been launched. The podcast by the Altertox Academy, based in Belgium,...
Ana Barros
May 16, 20211 min read
Humanised pigs
A team of researchers at Iowa State University, USA are creating pigs with human immune cells, to improve study of some medical...
Bob Tolliday
May 10, 20211 min read
Depression & swimming mice
A new article highlights the importance of using animal models in the search for more effective antidepressant drugs. Currently,...
Ana Barros
May 10, 20211 min read
Scientists in the Netherlands talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 8, 20211 min read
Scientists in Germany talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 8, 20211 min read
Scientists in Greece talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 8, 20211 min read
Scientists in Portugal talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 8, 20211 min read
Scientists in Switzerland talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 8, 20211 min read
Leukaemia discovery
Scientists at the University of Cambridge, UK, have developed a new technique to kill cancer cells by targeting an enzyme believed to...
Bob Tolliday
May 3, 20211 min read
Human-monkey cell research
An important ethical discussion has begun following the US-China scientific collaboration that has grown human cells in a monkey embryo...
Ana Barros
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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