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Mice study breakthrough in brain disease research
Researchers in Belgium have successfully replaced defective brain immune cells (microglia) in mice โ potentially a breakthrough in the...
Helena Pinheiro
May 121 min read
Insights on human and animal brain cell evolution using AI
Researchers in Belgium have used AI, trained on human and animal data, to shed light on how different brain cells have evolved over time...
Gege Li
Feb 241 min read
EARA News Digest โ the top stories of 2024
Here is a selection of the most-read research stories in the EARA News Digest this year: In April, a study at NERF ย (a centre at EARA...
Bob Tolliday
Dec 30, 20242 min read
Menstrual cycle in mice - link to breast cancer treatment
Research from Belgium and the Netherlands has shown that the menstrual cycle can influence the effectiveness of chemotherapy in breast...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Dec 23, 20241 min read
Researchers stop death of mice brain cells caused by Alzheimerโs
Research from Belgium and the UK, using mice, has shed light on a key mechanism of brain cell death caused by Alzheimer's disease....
Nuno Gonรงalves
Nov 11, 20241 min read
Understanding lung repair after respiratory infection
Researchers in Belgium have discovered a novel population of immune cells in the lungs that promote regeneration after injury caused...
Georgios Petrellis
Aug 12, 20241 min read
Insights into gut inflammation
Researchers at EARA member the University of Antwerp, Belgium, together with international collaborators,ย have studiedย how a common...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jul 29, 20241 min read
Biomedical sector in Belgium welcomes 2022 EU report on the number of animals used in research and testing
The Belgian biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU in 2022.
Bob Tolliday
Jul 22, 20244 min read
EARA Q&A โ developing microelectrodes for the monkey brain
The latest episode of our #TransparencyThursday series features Ivรขnia Trรชpo, a PhD student at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
Gege Li
Jul 8, 20241 min read
EARA study of EU-based websites 2024 - results in Belgium
Clear signs of progress towards website openness about animal research by biomedical institutions in Belgium.
Bob Tolliday
Apr 29, 20244 min read
EARA study of EU-based websites 2024 published
National Transparency Agreements on animal research set the
benchmark for good website content
โ EARA website study 2024
Bob Tolliday
Apr 29, 20245 min read
How the spinal cord can โlearnโ and respond
Researchers in Belgium, using mice, have uncovered how the spinal cord can learn and memorise responses to possible threats, without needing
Gege Li
Apr 22, 20241 min read
The role of immune cells in Alzheimer's
Mice with transplanted human brain cells may provide an improved way to study the development of Alzheimerโs disease (AD). Researchers,...
Gege Li
Apr 8, 20241 min read
Belgium institutions report greater openness
The annual report of the Transparency Agreement on Animal Research in Belgium (TA) shows that biomedical institutions are becoming much...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 19, 20241 min read
Biomedical community in Belgium increasingly open about speaking publicly on the use of animals in research
The second annual report of the Transparency Agreement on Animal Research in Belgium (TA) shows that biomedical institutions are becoming...
The European Animal Research Association
Feb 13, 20243 min read
New insights into cocaine addiction
Researchers in Belgium have uncovered the crucial role, in cocaine addiction, of one particular gene.
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 15, 20241 min read
Videos on animal use at Belgian university
EARA member Ghent University (UGent), Belgium, has published two videosย of its facilities and laboratories to explain how and why they...
Gege Li
Dec 11, 20231 min read
The necessity of animal research highlighted on Belgian TV
A Belgian TV programme featuring a leading researcher in neuroscience has recently presented a stimulating discussion on whether animal...
Gege Li
Oct 13, 20232 min read
Dutch institute hails use of animals in cancer research
EARA member the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) has celebrated the 10th anniversary of its animal facility with a symposium...
Gege Li
Oct 9, 20231 min read
Discovering how neurons die in Alzheimerโs
The cause of brain neuron death in Alzheimerโs disease โ a key hallmark of the condition โ has finally been identified, according to a...
Gege Li
Sep 25, 20231 min read
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