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Ana Barros
Apr 15, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 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
Mar 16, 20201 min read
Coronavirus: Italian activists condemned for attack during outbreak
As Italy copes with the spread of coronavirus, a graffiti attack by animal rights activists on the offices of a biomedical research...
Ana Barros
Mar 9, 20201 min read
Coronavirus: The search for an animal model to study coronavirus
Scientists around the world are in a race to find the animal species that is the most suitable to use in tests for a Covid-19 virus...
Ana Barros
Feb 10, 20201 min read
Coronavirus: Animal testing plays part in the race to find a vaccine
As the Chinese coronavirus spreads, scientists around the world are working non-stop to find a vaccine and animal models are a vital part...
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