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Bob Tolliday
Sep 27, 20211 min read
October 3Rs webinars
A webinar series to discuss ways to improve the implementation of the 3Rs in Belgium and the Netherlands will take place this autumn. The...

Bob Tolliday
Sep 22, 20212 min read
Italy openness event
In EARA’s first face-to-face event since 2019, members of the Italian biomedical research community came together in Milan, in September,...

Ana Barros
Sep 20, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
Open call – 3Rs & Communications
Two grants to support young scientists in communicating about animal research and the development of alternative methods have been...

Ana Barros
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Organoids at global event
The 11th World Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing concluded last week, under the theme of 3Rs in Transition: From development to...

Bob Tolliday
Sep 2, 20214 min read
Openness in Italy
Improving Openness and Animal Research in Italy – Free event, Friday 17 September 14:00-17:30 CEST Aula Magna, Dipartimento di Scienze...

Ana Barros
Aug 30, 20211 min read
BRAD in September
Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) takes place next month for the second time this year. Organised by Americans for Medical...

Bob Tolliday
Aug 24, 20213 min read
Lithuania and Poland openness event
Scientists at an EARA event have spoken of the urgent need for researchers, in Lithuania and Poland, to talk openly about the value of...

Bob Tolliday
Jul 27, 20213 min read
Openness agreement in New Zealand
New Transparency Agreement by New Zealand biomedical community makes commitment to openness about animal research New Zealand has become...

Ana Barros
Jul 26, 20211 min read
EARA free event in August
EARA will hold an online science communication event as part of the FENS Regional Meeting next month. Improving Openness in Animal...

Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Mouse embryo growth
Scientists in Germany have replicated the formation of a mouse embryo in a dish, allowing them to analyse its development in much more...

Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Nerve regrowth drugs
Scientists at EARA member, the University of Padua, Italy, have created a drug treatment that promotes nerve regrowth, which could reduce...

Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Mice in kidney disease
Researchers at EARA member the University of Padova, Italy, have found a potential target for early treatment of kidney inflammation...

Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Antibiotic resistance in mice
Researchers at the Instituto Gulbenkian Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, have taken a step forward in understanding antibiotic resistance – a...

Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Llama antibodies Covid-19
Researchers at EARA member Ghent University, Belgium, have found that antibodies taken from just one llama (pictured) could help to...

Ana Barros
Jul 12, 20211 min read
3Rs grant for Belgian university
EARA member Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has been awarded a €250,000 grant to promote alternative methods to animal testing. The...

Ana Barros
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Animals in neuroscience research
Insights into the use of monkeys and mice in neuroscience research have been highlighted in a video produced by EARA member Ernst...

Bob Tolliday
Jul 1, 20213 min read
Initiative Transparente Tierversuche startet
DFG und „Tierversuche verstehen“ setzen sich für transparente Information und offene Kommunikation über Tierversuche in der Forschung ein...

Ana Barros
Jul 1, 20213 min read
Portuguese transparency report 2020
The first annual report of biomedical institutions in Portugal, examining how they discuss the use of animals in research, shows...

Bob Tolliday
Jul 1, 20213 min read
Transparency Agreement in Germany launched
More than 50 German universities, research centres and companies today signed a transparency agreement on animal research, with a...
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