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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
3Rs in Covid-19 webinars
With the postponement of the 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC11), two free webinars are...
Ana Barros
Aug 24, 20201 min read
Dutch scientists speak up
The scientific community in the Netherlands has spoken with one voice to highlightย the importance of animal research during the Covid-19...
Ana Barros
Aug 17, 20201 min read
Podcast on animal research
EARA board member Wendy Jarrett has spoken to theย Research Comms podcastย about the importance of animals in research. Wendy, CEO of the...
Ana Barros
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Horseshoe crabs & Covid-19
A significant disagreement, on the use of an animal model in vaccine safety testing, has developed between the US and Europe. For many...
Ana Barros
Jul 27, 20202 min read
EU survey
European researchers have confirmed the importance of using animals to the success of their studies, in a major EU survey. The Joint...
Ana Barros
Jul 20, 20201 min read
Repairing lungs
US researchers have successfully repaired damaged lungs which would otherwise have been rejected for organ transplant. The need for lung...
Ana Barros
Jul 20, 20201 min read
EARA communications event at FENS
The EARA Special Interest Event at the Virtual FENS Forum, last week, highlighted the importance of a proactive approach on communicating...
Ana Barros
Jul 17, 20202 min read
Dogs & Covid-19
Researchers at EARA member the University of Helsinki, Finland, have successfully trained dogs to detect Covid-19 in human samples using...
Ana Barros
Jul 13, 20201 min read
Bat organoid research for Covid-19
A simplified version of a bat gut has been created by scientists at the University of Hong Kong, China, to study coronavirus. The team...
Ana Barros
Jul 6, 20201 min read
Virtual lab tours
With in-person laboratory tours impossible at present, virtual tours to engage with the public are showing their value. An article in The...
Ana Barros
Jun 29, 20201 min read
Organoids & Covid-19
A team of international researchers are growing miniature organs in the lab to understand how Covid-19 damages the body. Studies using...
Ana Barros
Jun 29, 20201 min read
Harmful effects of drug promoted by Trump
Testing using rabbits and guinea pigs has flagged up the harmful effects of a drug once considered a potential treatment for Covid-19....
Ana Barros
Jun 22, 20201 min read
Animal antibodies for Covid-19
A wide variety of animals are now being used to produce and understand the antibodies that can fight against Covid-19. Human bodies fight...
Ana Barros
Jun 22, 20201 min read
EU Commission supports animal research
The EU Commission has produced a strongly-worded assertion of the ongoing need for animal models in biomedical research, in response to...
Ana Barros
Jun 18, 20201 min read
Animal research comms in Belgium & Netherlands
EARA member Infopoint Animal Testing (IPPO), based in Belgium, has launched an informative booklet (only available in Dutch) on...
Ana Barros
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Sweden & France events
A free webinar, focusing on the activities of EARA, and hosted by the European Society of Laboratory Animal Veterinarians (ESLAV) and the...
Ana Barros
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Covid-19 & monkey research
US researchers have shown the effects of Covid-19 infection in three different species of monkey. The study, published in bioRxiv, gives...
Ana Barros
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Covid-19 virus reveals the need for animal testing
This article is reprinted from Yleisradio Oy, Finland's national public broadcasting company, featuring an interview with Emrah Yatkin,...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 5, 20203 min read
EARA rebuts MEPs on Covid-19
EARA has written a rebuttal in response to a letter sent by a number of MEPs to two European Commissioners, and the European Medicines...
Ana Barros
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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