Zebrafish feature on EARA #TransparencyThursday
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Ana Barros
- Apr 27
- 6 min
Feature: A momentous year for human health - a look back at biomedical research in 2021
With a spotlight on animals during the recent Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) and next month's Be Open About Animal Research Day...
Bob Tolliday
- Apr 25
- 1 min
Toxicity testing without using animals
An article by leading scientists argues that any transition to non-animal methods in toxicology testing will need ‘a new paradigm for...
Ana Barros
- Apr 18
- 1 min
EU report on alternatives to animal testing
The EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a status report on alternatives to animal testing. The annual report of the EU...
Ana Barros
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Animal research & brain science
A review of the methods and models used in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease studies, has shown how reliant it still is on research...
Ana Barros
- Mar 21
- 1 min
FEAM report
A report addressing the challenges of vaccination in older adults in Europe has also highlighted the role of animal models in vaccine...
Ana Barros
- Feb 7
- 1 min
Fruit fly brain
Research at EARA member VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, Belgium, has taken a step forward in understanding the brain...
Ana Barros
- Jan 10
- 1 min
Omicron variant
Recent animal research on the Covid-19 Omicron variant is helping scientists understand how the virus spreads and causes disease....
Ana Barros
- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Researchers on Instagram in 2021
This year on EARA Intagram, we saw more scientists than ever, coming forward publicly to answer questions about their research using...
Ana Barros
- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Science communicator needed in Belgium
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) and the Belgian Council for Laboratory Animal Science (BCLAS) are looking for a science...
Ana Barros
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
Treatments for blood cancer
Belgian researchers have identified a new target to treat patients with an advanced form of blood cancer, thanks to research in mice and...
Ana Barros
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Dengue fever breakthrough
Researchers in Belgium, at EARA member KU Leuven and the Centre for Drug Design and Discovery (CD3), have developed a treatment for...
Bob Tolliday
- Sep 27, 2021
- 1 min
October 3Rs webinars
A webinar series to discuss ways to improve the implementation of the 3Rs in Belgium and the Netherlands will take place this autumn. The...
Ana Barros
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
EU Parliament vote concerns
Last week the European Parliament adopted a motion by 667 votes to 4, on a plan ‘to accelerate the transition to innovation without the...
Ana Barros
- Jul 26, 2021
- 1 min
EARA free event in August
EARA will hold an online science communication event as part of the FENS Regional Meeting next month. Improving Openness in Animal...
Ana Barros
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
EU animal stats 2018
The European Commission has published EU-wide statistics for 2018, for the use of animals in biomedical research. The headline figure for...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 15, 2021
- 3 min
Belgium - 2018 EU animal use in research statistics
The Belgian biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics from across the EU, including Belgium, on...
Ana Barros
- Jul 15, 2021
- 1 min
Llama antibodies Covid-19
Researchers at EARA member Ghent University, Belgium, have found that antibodies taken from just one llama (pictured) could help to...
Ana Barros
- Jul 12, 2021
- 1 min
Refinement prize
A European 3Rs body is seeking applications for an award to recognise new methods to refine animal testing. The European Partnership for...
Ana Barros
- Jul 12, 2021
- 1 min
3Rs grant for Belgian university
EARA member Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has been awarded a €250,000 grant to promote alternative methods to animal testing. The...