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Belgium - EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
A study of the websites of biomedical research bodies in Belgium, assessing how they discuss research using animals, just published by...
Ana Barros
Nov 16, 20204 min read
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New immunotherapy drug
Researchers at University College London, UK, have found a new antibody cancer drug that has significantly improved the life expectancy...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 16, 20201 min read
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Sharing research on social media
Scientists around the world, working to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, are documenting their work on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram using...
Ana Barros
Nov 16, 20201 min read
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Monkey shortage for Covid-19 research
EARA has taken action to support the biomedical sector over the growing shortage of purpose-bred macaque monkeys, used in Covid-19 and...
Ana Barros
Nov 9, 20202 min read
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Brain control without surgery
Scientists from Stanford University, USA, have been able to switch cells โon and offโ within the brain of a living animal. Using...
Ana Barros
Nov 9, 20201 min read
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Regrowing bones using animals
Researchers at the Columbia University in New York have found a way to use stem cells from pig fat to grow replacement jaw bones and...
Ana Barros
Nov 9, 20201 min read
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EU antibody proposal concerns
Two associations, representing 37 of Europeโs most prestigious research institutes, are the latest to express their concern over the...
Ana Barros
Nov 2, 20201 min read
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Preventing spread of cancer
German researchers have created a new mouse model to study the spread of cancer. The aim of the GM model was to understand the role of...
Ana Barros
Nov 2, 20201 min read
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Covid-19 mouse model
EARA member Taconic Biosciences have launched a mouse model which could play an important role in the fight against Covid-19. The mouse...
Ana Barros
Nov 2, 20201 min read
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AI & animals
Research from Imperial College London, the University of Cambridge, UK, and Googleโs DeepMind, suggests that observing animal behaviour...
Ana Barros
Nov 2, 20201 min read
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Berlin Science Week
EARA member theย Max Delbrรผck Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany, will present its new animal lab at an online event, next week. The...
Ana Barros
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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Cold shock protein & dementia
Researchers in the UK have discovered that a โcold shockโ protein found in cold water swimmers may prevent brain diseases, such as...
Ana Barros
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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EARA media training
For the first time, EARA is launching a series of interactive online media training workshops designed for audiences in four different...
Ana Barros
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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New way to target brain tumours
Researchers, including EARA member the University of Zurich, have found a potential new treatment for aggressive brain tumours, using...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 19, 20201 min read
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Hair loss in mice
A study led by scientists from the EARA members the University of Helsinki, Finland, and the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing,...
Ana Barros
Oct 19, 20201 min read
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Fruit fly nanomaterial
Scientists from Switzerland and Russia have developed a microscopic material mimicking the protective layer of a fruit fly eye. The...
Ana Barros
Oct 19, 20201 min read
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Animal research in Nobel Prizes
The 2020 Nobel Prizes have highlighted the important role of animal research in life science and medicine. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry...
Ana Barros
Oct 12, 20201 min read
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Animal antibody debate - Netherlands
A government agency, working to reduce the use of animal research in the Netherlands, has described EU Commission calls for a ban on the...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 8, 20202 min read
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Animal-derived antibody debate
An article, just published in a leading scientific journal, by a group of Spanish biomedical institutions and EARA, claims the EU...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 5, 20202 min read
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Fruit fly study of genetic syndrome
Researchers at the Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, have developed a fruit fly model of Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS), a severe...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 5, 20201 min read
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