Fighting coronavirus using computer modelling
The Human Brain Project, based in Geneva, Switzerland, and its partner Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, are now using their knowledge...
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Ana Barros
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
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 27, 2020
- 1 min
Research calms concerns of Covid-19 in animals
Fears of domestic and farm animals being infected by Covid-19 and in turn spreading it further, has led experts to seek answers using...
Ana Barros
- Apr 24, 2020
- 5 min
Activists want to stop animal testing for Covid-19 vaccines - EARA responds
The New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society (NZAVS) recently published an article on the use of animals in research to combat Covid-19. In...
Ana Barros
- Apr 20, 2020
- 1 min
World’s largest vaccine companies work together on Covid-19
EARA members Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have announced a vaccine collaboration to fight Covid-19. The vaccine is based on the...
Ana Barros
- Apr 20, 2020
- 1 min
New coronaviruses discovered in bats
Scientists studying viruses in wild animals have found six new coronaviruses in bats in southeast Asia. The team, from the Smithsonian...
Ana Barros
- Apr 20, 2020
- 1 min
High public acceptance of UK animal research in pandemic survey
An opinion survey by Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has shown a high public acceptance of animal research to find treatments for...
Ana Barros
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
What animals are used in coronavirus research?
In the search for vaccines and treatments for Covid-19 animals can play an essential role in both basic research and testing. Various...
Ana Barros
- Apr 15, 2020
- 2 min
Infographics: The key stages to develop a Covid-19 vaccine
Around the world, scientists are working to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. The process to develop drugs and vaccines is usually long and...
Ana Barros
- Apr 14, 2020
- 1 min
Covid-19 ventilators developed using animal models
A group of volunteer engineers and doctors, in Spain, have successfully tested a prototype 3D printed ventilator on a pig. The research,...
Ana Barros
- Apr 11, 2020
- 3 min
Crisis plans help animal facilities respond to the coronavirus pandemic
Andreas Lengeling, the animal research and welfare officer for the Max Planck Society, in Germany, looks at the steps many institutions...
Ana Barros
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Labs scramble to protect research
Institutions across the world are rising to the challenge of preserving their research on the Covid-19 crisis, as labs shutdown and...
Ana Barros
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Add your research to the EARA Covid-19 map
EARA wants to hear from scientists around the world who are currently conducting coronavirus research that involves the use of animals....
Ana Barros
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Pigs used to test new COVID-19 vaccines before humans trials
A team from the Pirbright Institute, UK, are to test new vaccines for COVID-19 using pigs as an animal model. The vaccines, developed at...
Ana Barros
- Apr 3, 2020
- 2 min
How animals are helping in Covid-19 research - a global overview
The European Animal Research Association has put together an interactive map to display the biomedical research currently underway across...
Ana Barros
- Mar 30, 2020
- 1 min
Covid-19 study shows immunity to reinfection in monkeys
Scientists in China, in a study with monkeys, have found that they were immune to the coronavirus if given a second exposure to it after...
Ana Barros
- Mar 26, 2020
- 3 min
EARA supports call to end embargo by transport providers in the UK and US on animal research
For immediate release 26/03/2020: Further information contact EARA Communications Manager, Bob Tolliday, o26+44 (0)7970 132801 The...
Ana Barros
- Mar 24, 2020
- 1 min
Virologist warns against a 'quick fix' for Covid-19 vaccine
An opinion piece in Nature has called on scientists not to skip testing in animal models and maintain safety checks in the development of...
Ana Barros
- Mar 23, 2020
- 1 min
Coronavirus: Activist groups keep silent on animal research
EARA research has revealed a notable absence of calls to ban animal research from activist groups during the coronavirus crisis. In an...
Ana Barros
- Mar 23, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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