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Ana Barros
Apr 27, 20201 min read
Fighting coronavirus using computer modelling
The Human Brain Project, based in Geneva, Switzerland, and its partner Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, are now using their knowledge...


Ana Barros
Apr 27, 20201 min read
Belgian scientists set out lab lockdown measures
The biomedical community in Belgium has issued a statement explaining the measures it has taken to protect staff and research animals...


Ana Barros
Apr 23, 20203 min read
A look back at medical advances in 2019 and the role played by animal research
While biomedical research is being asked to find solutions to the world’s current health emergency, it is worth remembering the wide...


Ana Barros
Apr 14, 20207 min read
Kunnen we COVID-19 bestrijden zonder dierproeven?
Door: Mia Rozenbaum, dit artikel verscheen op 7 april in het Engels op de website van Understanding Animal Research en op 9 april het...

Ana Barros
Mar 23, 20201 min read
Mapping the fight against Covid-19 in Europe
Researchers across Europe are in the forefront of the search for effective drugs to fight the coronavirus. EARA has put together a map...

Ana Barros
Feb 17, 20201 min read
Discussing cancer at the European level
The Federation of European Academies of Medicine - FEAM - has announced an annual lecture focusing on cancer, one of the major issues for...


Ana Barros
Feb 13, 20202 min read
Improving openness in animal research within the European neuroscience community
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) invites you to attend a panel discussion at the FENS Forum of Neuroscience on openness in...

Ana Barros
Feb 5, 20205 min read
Research sector in Belgium welcomes EU-wide figures on the number of animals used in science
The Belgian biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of the first comprehensive statistics from across the EU, including...

Ana Barros
Feb 5, 20201 min read
Stripping down bacterial armour: a new way to fight anthrax
Research scientists in Belgium have found a new method to treat anthrax disease in infected mice, raising hope for new effective...


Bob Tolliday
Jan 31, 20202 min read
EARA sets up a Brussels office
(London, 31 January, 2020) On the eve of Brexit, the European Animal Research Association (EARA) has announced that it is setting up an...

Ana Barros
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Bone tissues 'produced on an industrial scale'
Scientists from EARA member KU Leuven, Belgium, have succeeded in growing bone tissue on a large scale. Based on studies with laboratory...


Bob Tolliday
Dec 3, 20193 min read
Belgian researchers commit to Transparency Agreement on animal research
Belgian universities, research centres and companies have signed a Transparency Agreement on animal research with a commitment to...

Bob Tolliday
Jun 6, 20192 min read
EARA study shows the Belgian biomedical sector must continue to improve openness on animal research
A study by the European Animal Research Association (EARA) of websites of biomedical research bodies in Belgium, assessing how they...


Bob Tolliday
Apr 23, 20191 min read
Largest robotic surgical training centre in the world opens in Belgium
Orsi Academy, the largest robotically assisted training centre found anywhere in the world has opened its new campus in Melle, Belgium....


Bob Tolliday
Feb 28, 20194 min read
Why Belgium still needs animal testing in the fight against cancer
In a piece first published in the Belgian news magazine Knack (in Dutch), Prof. Damya Laoui, from the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology...


Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20193 min read
The case for proactive communications of animal statistics
Every year the United Kingdom’s Home Office (the UK ministerial department of internal affairs) publishes its statistics on animals used...


Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20194 min read
We aren’t sadists, but we do animal research
A group of young, ambitious Belgian scientists have had enough of standing by doing nothing while animal research is criticised in the...


Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
Belgian researchers respond to misinformation about animal testing in an open letter
In response to recent misinformation about the use of animal experiments on the French-speaking television channel RTBF (9 November) in...

Bob Tolliday
Nov 15, 20183 min read
Belgian scientists hit back at ‘Nazi’ slur in one-sided media reporting
Belgian researchers have countered an uncritical feature interview with animal rights activists who repeated factual inaccuracies about...


Bob Tolliday
Aug 15, 20163 min read
On Lab Animal Day, Belgian science unites in support of animal research
This blog was also published on Huffington Post UK. World Day for Laboratory Animals on 24 April was originally established by animal...
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