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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
EU antibody proposal concerns
Two associations, representing 37 of Europe’s most prestigious research institutes, are the latest to express their concern over the...
Ana Barros
Nov 2, 20201 min read
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
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
AI & animals
Research from Imperial College London, the University of Cambridge, UK, and Google’s DeepMind, suggests that observing animal behaviour...
Ana Barros
Nov 2, 20201 min read
Berlin Science Week
EARA member the Max Delbrück 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
Cold shock protein & dementia
Researchers in the UK have discovered that a ‘cold shock’ protein found in cold water swimmers may prevent brain diseases, such as...
Ana Barros
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cartilage repair models
UK scientists have created a new way to regrow knee cartilage and improve joint pain in animals with osteoarthritis. In studies, using...
Ana Barros
Oct 5, 20201 min read
Chemotherapy side effects study
A study on mice by researchers in Spain has discovered the process that causes serious side effects on the nervous system during...
Ana Barros
Oct 5, 20201 min read
AMP Podcast
US advocacy group Americans for Medical Progress (AMP) has spoken about the importance of animal research in a podcast for Federal News...
Ana Barros
Oct 5, 20201 min read
Primate lab at online festival
The chance for a behind-the-scenes look at an Oxford University primate lab will be on offer at an online event next week (5 October)....
Ana Barros
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Repurposed drug for blood cancer patients
A drug commonly used to treat arthritis may help treat some blood cancers, a new UK study has found. A collaboration between the...
Ana Barros
Sep 28, 20201 min read
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