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...
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Ana Barros
- Oct 4
- 1 min
Awards recognise animal research
The role of animals in research has been recognised by one of the most prestigious US medicine awards. This year’s Albert Lasker Basic...
Becky Jones
- Sep 27
- 1 min
Llama antibodies in Covid-19 spray
A nasal spray therapy developed in llamas, which has been shown to prevent and treat Covid-19, is now moving to clinical trials in...
Ana Barros
- Sep 20
- 1 min
#BOARD21 in science magazine
EARA’s global campaign to encourage openness about animal research Get on #BOARD21 has been featured this month in Laboratory Animal...
Ana Barros
- Sep 20
- 1 min
Fighting cancer with Covid technology
Recent studies have shown that vaccine technology used for Covid-19 has been effective in halting the growth of cancerous tumours in...
Ana Barros
- Sep 13
- 1 min
‘Long Covid’ in monkeys
Studying macaques, EARA member, the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Netherlands, has discovered the hidden long-term effects Covid-19...
Ana Barros
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Antibody drug & Covid-19
The EU has purchased 55,000 doses of a monoclonal antibody treatment for Covid-19, which significantly reduces the hospitalisation of...
Ana Barros
- May 28
- 1 min
EARA letter in the Times
EARA executive director, Kirk Leech, has responded (today 28 May 2021) to an opinion piece in The Times from UK actress Joanna Lumley...
Ana Barros
- Apr 26
- 1 min
First effective jab for malaria
Researchers at the Jenner Institute of Oxford University, UK, have developed the first malaria vaccine that meets international standards...
Ana Barros
- Apr 26
- 1 min
2020 medical breakthroughs
To mark World Laboratory Animals Day, EARA has published a feature looking back at some of the medical breakthroughs made possible with...
Ana Barros
- Apr 26
- 1 min
Event on infectious diseases
An online conference that looks at the key aspects of Covid-19 and other infectious diseases will take place tomorrow (Tuesday). Hosted...
Ana Barros
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Ricky Gervais
While international celebrity, and animal activist, Ricky Gervais has been happy to encourage people to take a Covid-19 jab, he has been...
Ana Barros
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Spray treatment for Covid-19
Researchers in Estonia, using cows, have created a spray treatment that can help to prevent Covid-19 infection and make those who have...
Ana Barros
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Animals & Covid-19
As concerns grow over whether animals could continue to infect humans or other animals, Covid-19 researchers are seeking to identify...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 22
- 1 min
New podcast - lab staff
A new podcast series from Imperial College London, UK, explores the experiences of lab staff at in its animal units, and the...
Becky Jones
- Feb 22
- 1 min
Covid-19 nasal spray
An antiviral nasal spray treatment for Covid-19, developed by Dutch and US scientists, has been shown to protect ferrets. The spray,...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 18
- 6 min
China's ban on research monkey exports hits vaccine testing
An article has appeared in the Spanish publication Quo setting out the concerns of the European biomedical community about the current...
Ana Barros
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Covid-19 myths
UK animal research advocacy group Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published an article dispelling the falsehoods being spread...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Fears rise on China research monkey export ban - UnHerd magazine
An article highlighting the implications of the increasing shortages of monkeys for European and US biomedical research, has been...
Ana Barros
- Jan 18
- 1 min
Covid-19 vaccine and MS
BioNTech, the German company involved in production of the first approved Covid-19 vaccine, is now applying its vaccine technology in...