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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...
Ana Barros
Jul 19, 20211 min read
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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...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 15, 20213 min read
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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 15, 20211 min read
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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, 20211 min read
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3Rs grant for Belgian university
EARA member Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has been awarded a โฌ250,000 grant to promote alternative methods to animal testing. The...
Ana Barros
Jul 12, 20211 min read
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Transparency in Belgium & Spain
Two excellent communications initiatives from Belgium and Spain, using imagery and video, have been published to promote transparency...
Ana Barros
May 24, 20211 min read
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EARA YouTube release & Pint of Science
To mark this weekโs global science communication festival, Pint of Science, EARAโs latest #LetsTalkSciComm video on YouTube has an...
Ana Barros
May 17, 20211 min read
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3Rs podcast
A podcast looking at the work of 3Rs centres across Europe has been launched. The podcast by the Altertox Academy, based in Belgium,...
Ana Barros
May 16, 20211 min read
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Feature: Biomedical breakthroughs in 2020 - how research with animals contributed
While Covid-19 research has dominated the headlines, day-to-day research into many other conditions to improve our understanding of the...
Ana Barros
Apr 23, 20215 min read
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EARA growth
The European Animal Research Association (EARA), founded just seven years ago, has recently become the biggest advocacy organisation on...
Ana Barros
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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EU animal alternatives event
The European Commission will provide an update on its work to replace animals in science at a free conference next month. The virtual...
Ana Barros
Jan 18, 20211 min read
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EARA event in Belgium
At an EARA free online event, this month, in association with KU Leuven, Belgium, more than 70 attendees heard from expert speakers about...
Ana Barros
Nov 27, 20203 min read
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EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
The second study of websites of biomedical research bodies across the EU, published by the European Animal Research Association (EARA),...
Ana Barros
Nov 17, 20204 min read
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Belgium - EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
A study of the websites of biomedical research bodies in Belgium, assessing how they discuss research using animals, just published by...
Ana Barros
Nov 16, 20204 min read
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EARA free events
EARA will hold a series of free online science communication events across Europe, over the next month, to discuss openness and...
Ana Barros
Nov 9, 20201 min read
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EU antibody proposal concerns
Two associations, representing 37 of Europeโs most prestigious research institutes, are the latest to express their concern over the...
Ana Barros
Nov 2, 20201 min read
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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
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EARA openness event - Belgium
Improving Openness and Animal Research in Belgium โ Free event, Friday 20 November, 2-4:30 pm CET The European Animal Research...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 22, 20202 min read
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Feature: The vital role of antibodies in biomedical research
Antibodies, the small proteins which form a critical part of our immune response to disease, are the unsung heroes of much biomedical...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 7, 20205 min read
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3Rs in Covid-19 debate
Two live webinars on the 3Rs in coronavirus research have highlighted the disagreements over the contribution of animal research in the...
Ana Barros
Aug 29, 20203 min read
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