Biomedical sector in Belgium welcomes 2020 EU report on the number of animals used in research
The Belgian biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, on all uses of...
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Bob Tolliday
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Biomedical sector in France welcomes 2020 EU report on animals used in research
The French biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, including...
Bob Tolliday
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Biomedical sector in Spain welcomes 2020 EU report on numbers of animals used in research
The Spanish biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, on all uses of...
Bob Tolliday
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Biomedical sector in Germany welcomes 2020 EU statistics on the animals used in research and testing
The German biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, including...
Bob Tolliday
- Apr 4
- 4 min
2020 EU numbers on animals used in research show the impact of Covid-19
Reductions in the use of animals in biomedical research overall, but an increase in the use of monkeys and small mammals, has revealed...
Gege Li
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Studying diet & the 'yo-yo effect' in mice
Researchers, studying mice, have gained a greater understanding of the tendency to add weight after ending a diet – known as the yo-yo...
Gege Li
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Sex hormones & behaviour – video
The effect of sex hormones on the brain is the subject of EARA’s latest #TransparencyThursday video – watch it here on YouTube. In the...
Gege Li
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Animal studies in new cancer treatment
A cancer drug, first tested in mice, has successfully stopped the growth of cancer in patients with untreatable conditions. The drug...
Gege Li
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Reversing diabetes in monkeys
US researchers have developed a new way to reverse type 1 diabetes in monkeys, raising the possibility of a more effective cure for the...
Gege Li
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Brain Prize & animal studies
This year’s prestigious Brain Prize has gone to three neuroscientists, who have all used animal research in their pioneering discoveries....
Gege Li
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Pill success to treat dengue fever
A pill targeted at the dengue virus has successfully treated and prevented infection in mice and monkeys. Dengue fever, is a viral...
Gege Li
- Mar 17
- 1 min
Anxiety is similar in dogs and humans
Dogs with anxiety have similar behaviours and brain changes as humans with the condition, new research has found. The study at EARA...
Gege Li
- Mar 17
- 1 min
A direct cause of epilepsy
The activation of immune cells in the brain is directly linked to the development of seizures in epilepsy, a recent US study in fruit...
Gege Li
- Mar 13
- 1 min
‘Bioelectronics’ & brain disease
Swedish researchers have grown electrodes in the tissue of zebrafish and leeches, which could lead to mimicking technologies that can...
Gege Li
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Injection to treat endometriosis
An antibody can relieve some of the key symptoms of a painful disorder when given to monkeys, researchers have found. Endometriosis is a...
Gege Li
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Alpaca antibodies protect crops
Crops can be made resistant to disease by giving them antibodies derived from alpacas. Researchers at the University of East Anglia, UK,...
The European Animal Research Association
- Mar 9
- 6 min
FDA Modernization Act 2.0 – what, if anything, has changed in US regulations?
New legislation in the US has been hailed by animal rights groups as a ban on animal testing – in reality, very little has changed. EARA...
Gege Li
- Mar 6
- 1 min
Blocking brain diseases in fruit flies
The death of nerve cells in the brain, common in motor neuron disease (MND) and dementia (FTD), can be blocked by feeding fruit flies a...
Gege Li
- Mar 6
- 1 min
Microplastics pass to rat offspring
Microscopic plastic particles in the environment can pass from pregnant rats to their unborn offspring, potentially harming their...
Gege Li
- Feb 27
- 1 min
Device to help stroke patients
Patients paralysed by a stroke have regained temporary movement in their arms and hands, thanks to an innovative electrical device....
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