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This page contains all the news outputs from EARA, including press releases and videos, EARA policy and news briefings, plus opinion pieces and significant media articles.
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Greater understanding of voluntary movements in monkeys
An Italian study in monkeys has shed light on how the brain controls natural movements and challenges some existing theories on how the...
Gege Li
Jan 271 min read
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EARA welcomes its 200th member
The European Animal Research Association is pleased to announce that ourย membership now stands at 200 institutions, spanning 46 countries...
The European Animal Research Association
Jan 231 min read
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100+ German researchers state the need for animal research
Researchers across Germany have explained why animal research cannot yet be avoided, in more than 100 quotes collected by the advocacy...
Gege Li
Jan 201 min read
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Blood vessel discovery in mice for bone health
Researchers have identified the importance of specialised blood vessels, in the bones of mice, that could provide a new understanding of...
Gege Li
Jan 201 min read
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Insights into inherited blindness โ zebrafish studyย
New insights into treating inherited eye diseases and blindness have been gained, byย researchers in Ireland,ย studying vision problems in...
Gege Li
Jan 131 min read
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Detecting brain tumours in mice withย 'molecular flashlight'
An ultra-thin light probe that reaches deep into the brain couldย provide a non-invasive way to detect chemical changes caused by tumours...
Gege Li
Jan 61 min read
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First mouse strain that can naturally get severe Covid-19
US researchers are hopeful that research on Covid-19 can be greatly improved, using an existing strain of lab mouse that is highly...
Gege Li
Dec 30, 20241 min read
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EARA News Digest โ the top stories of 2024
Here is a selection of the most-read research stories in the EARA News Digest this year: In April, a study at NERF ย (a centre at EARA...
Bob Tolliday
Dec 30, 20242 min read
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Animal research openness ย โ ย EARA video highlights 2024
Once again this year researchers have taken the opportunity to speak openly about their use of animals in research through our...
Gege Li
Dec 30, 20242 min read
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Menstrual cycle in mice - link to breast cancer treatment
Research from Belgium and the Netherlands has shown that the menstrual cycle can influence the effectiveness of chemotherapy in breast...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Dec 23, 20241 min read
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Replacing monkeys with pigs inย testing
A โฌ17.5m EU project is seeking to identify where pigs could replace monkeys in safety testing. The NHPig ย project is a five-year...
Gege Li
Dec 23, 20242 min read
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First blood-producing heart organoid
Researchers in Germany have developed a heart organoid that is capable of producing blood, to improve the study of heart development and...
Gege Li
Dec 16, 20241 min read
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EARA and Gircor workshop on improving animal research in France
EARA and Gircor, the French advocacy organisation on animal research, held an in-person event in Paris this week aimed at fostering...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Dec 10, 20242 min read
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Spanish Transparency Agreement institutions show significant progress on their openness about animal research
The key findings from the Annual Report of the Transparency Agreement on animal research in Spain, published today, has shown significant...
The European Animal Research Association
Dec 2, 20242 min read
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Simplifying how lab animals are monitored
A sensor that monitors the vital signs of rodents used in biomedical studies holds the potential to enhance both research and improve...
Gege Li
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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EU-Simia conference highlights crucial role of monkeys in research
Close to 100 participants recently took part in the first international conference of EU-Simia, to discuss the crucial role of non-human...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Dec 2, 20242 min read
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Improving openness in animal research in Italy - event
A large audience at r the University of Parma, 14 November, heard a robust discussion, on the current state of openness in animal research.
Bob Tolliday
Nov 28, 20241 min read
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EARA and Novartis patient engagement initiative
EARA has begun work with EARA member Novartis and the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research ( FMI ), in Basel,...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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Transparency advice by EARA in new lab animal book
A new publication in the book series , Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine, entitled Practical Management of Research Animal Care and...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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Developing malaria vaccines โ EARA Q&A
The latest EARA #TransparencyThursday video features Miguel Prudรชncio , of the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine ( GIMM ),...
Gege Li
Nov 21, 20241 min read
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