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Inside the mind of zebrafish
Scientists at Harvard University have uncovered surprising results when studying data analysing the behaviour of zebrafish larvae during...
Ana Barros
Aug 24, 20201 min read
Antibodies against neurological diseases
Researchers from EARA members the University of Zurich and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Switzerland, have found human...
Ana Barros
Aug 24, 20201 min read
Lionfish venom for Alzheimer's study
Researchers in Mexico are using venom found in lionfish spines to understand how neurons in the brain are affected during Alzheimer’s...
Ana Barros
Aug 24, 20201 min read
Personality changes in zebrafish
German scientists have shown, that by selective breeding of zebrafish, distinct personality traits occur both in behaviour and also brain...
Ana Barros
Aug 17, 20201 min read
Sex & fruit flies
Scientists in Portugal have found key behaviours that trigger the transition from courtship to mating in fruit flies (see video). The...
Ana Barros
Aug 17, 20201 min read
Dutch scientists speak up
The scientific community in the Netherlands has spoken with one voice to highlight the importance of animal research during the Covid-19...
Ana Barros
Aug 17, 20201 min read
Mice & immune cell development
Researchers from EARA member Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal, have found key details about how our immune system develops....
Ana Barros
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Podcast on animal research
EARA board member Wendy Jarrett has spoken to the Research Comms podcast about the importance of animals in research. Wendy, CEO of the...
Ana Barros
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Zebrafish & brain disorders
A maze experiment has shown that zebrafish could be a useful model for human performance in decision-making tasks. Researchers from the...
Ana Barros
Aug 10, 20201 min read
How dogs and pigs communicate with humans
A team of researchers at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, have analysed the differences between how dogs and pigs communicate with...
Ana Barros
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Fruit flies & cancer
Research from Oxford University, UK, has found a new potential way to fight cancer in studies with fruit flies. The team, funded by...
Ana Barros
Aug 3, 20201 min read
New target in Alzheimer’s
A team of Spanish scientists has identified the role of an enzyme which reduces inflammation in the brain. The study, published in the...
Ana Barros
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Insights in spine evolution
Research from Duke University, USA, has revealed zebrafish as a useful model to study human spinal defects, such as scoliosis. By...
Ana Barros
Jul 27, 20201 min read
Horseshoe crabs & Covid-19
A significant disagreement, on the use of an animal model in vaccine safety testing, has developed between the US and Europe. For many...
Ana Barros
Jul 27, 20202 min read
Heart regeneration & zebrafish
Israeli scientists have gone a step further in understanding how zebrafish can heal their own hearts. The team at the Weizmann Institute...
Ana Barros
Jul 27, 20201 min read
UK animal use stats
The UK government has released its 2019 annual statistics on animals used in scientific procedures. The figures show that 3,401,517...
Ana Barros
Jul 20, 20201 min read
EU survey
European researchers have confirmed the importance of using animals to the success of their studies, in a major EU survey. The Joint...
Ana Barros
Jul 20, 20201 min read
Repairing lungs
US researchers have successfully repaired damaged lungs which would otherwise have been rejected for organ transplant. The need for lung...
Ana Barros
Jul 20, 20201 min read
EARA communications event at FENS
The EARA Special Interest Event at the Virtual FENS Forum, last week, highlighted the importance of a proactive approach on communicating...
Ana Barros
Jul 17, 20202 min read
Flatfish skin diseases
Belgian researchers have developed a lab model of flatfish skin to understand a recent unexplained increase in skin ulcers. Flatfish,...
Ana Barros
Jul 13, 20201 min read
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