Animal data and Omicron booster vaccines
The first booster vaccines, targeting the Omicron variant of Covid-19, have been authorised by regulators across the world solely using...
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Bob Tolliday
- Sep 5
- 2 min
Phase-out roadmap petition on animal testing
A wide-ranging petition calling for greater controls on animal testing and a roadmap to phase it out in the EU has passed its first...
Georgios Petrellis
- Aug 22
- 1 min
Single dose microparticles polio vaccine success in rats
Researchers in the US have developed a type of microparticle, that can deliver and release vaccines at set times, to create a single dose...
Maria Vlastara
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Making vaccines more effective
UK scientists have discovered a way to boost the effectiveness of vaccines for chronic viral infections and cancers, using mice. When a...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 7
- 2 min
EU Parliament event on animal research
Scientists gave a strong defence of the vital need to use animals in research, at a European Parliament workshop last week, which...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 4
- 1 min
Air France ends primate transportation
The announcement by Air France, that the airline intends to end its transportation of monkeys is expected to add to the crisis already...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 1
- 2 min
EARA statement: Air France
The announcement by Air France, that the airline intends to end the transportation of non-human primates (monkeys), adds to the current...
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
- 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
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Spanish transparency report published
The fourth annual report of the Transparency Agreement on Animal Research in Spain has shown the continued drive of institutions in 2020...
Ana Barros
- Jan 4
- 1 min
Trust in scientists
A worldwide survey on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has shown a strong increase in trust in science and scientists since 2018. The...
Ana Barros
- Jan 3
- 1 min
Nasal Covid-19 vaccines
Scientists from the Yale School of Medicine, USA, have found that nasal vaccines could potentially provide better protection against new...
Ana Barros
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
UAR Openness Awards
The annual Openness Awards, hosted by Understanding Animal Research, UK, took place in person last week, rewarding excellent examples of...
Ana Barros
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
Lyme disease vaccine
Scientists at Yale University School of Medicine, USA, have developed a vaccine against Lyme disease, based on the same technology used...
Ana Barros
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
EARA at Oxford webinar
An online event, tomorrow (7 Dec) to discuss developments in 3Rs practices will also feature a talk by EARA Executive Director, Kirk...
Ana Barros
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Journalism award
An article reporting on Covid-19 research at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, The Netherlands, has won the Silver Award in the...
Ana Barros
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
EARA at Spanish event
The biomedical community needs to ‘shift the balance’ to talk more about the benefits of using animals in research, EARA executive...
Ana Barros
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Guardian video
UK newspaper, The Guardian, has explored some of the common questions about animal research in a new video. Journalist Richard Sprenger...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Covid research and the contribution of monkeys
A recent article, in the French publication Usbek & Rica, has asked a number of scientists to explain the importance of using monkeys in...
Ana Barros
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Animal use and Covid-19 research
Researchers have highlighted the critical role that animals played in Covid-19 research in Germany. The team at the German Centre for the...