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Ana Barros
- Apr 23, 2021
- 5 min
Feature: Biomedical breakthroughs in 2020 - how research with animals contributed
While Covid-19 research has dominated the headlines, day-to-day research into many other conditions to improve our understanding of the...
Ana Barros
- Apr 19, 2021
- 1 min
Communication award
An EARA member institution in Portugal has been recognised for its use of clear language in its communication about biomedical research....
Bob Tolliday
- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
EARA joins debate at Israel event
In the latest in the series of openness events across Europe, EARA held a discussion with institutions in Israel about the importance of...
Ana Barros
- Apr 5, 2021
- 1 min
Improving mouse welfare
Scientists at EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have reported on a new way to administer drugs to mice without...
Ana Barros
- Apr 5, 2021
- 1 min
EARA event in Israel
In April, EARA will hold a free online science communication event in collaboration with the Inter-University Forum for Biomedical...
Bob Tolliday
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
“A la comunidad científica le preocupa la escasez de macacos para experimentación”
El desarrollo de las vacunas contra la covid-19 se ha logrado gracias al uso experimental de primates no humanos, como los macacos. Este...
Ana Barros
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Charité 3Rs webinar
EARA member Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, is holding an online webinar on severity levels in animal studies. The event...
Bob Tolliday
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Muscle growth
A team at EARA member the Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany have examined how muscles are maintained and grow, using mice. New muscle...
Ana Barros
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
EARA growth
The European Animal Research Association (EARA), founded just seven years ago, has recently become the biggest advocacy organisation on...
Ana Barros
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
Hereditary deafness
Researchers at EARA member Radboud University Medical Centre, Netherlands, are developing a way to prevent sudden-onset deafness. A...
Ana Barros
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
Avoiding side effects of cancer drugs
Scientists from EARA member the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU), Israel, have found a way to prevent kidney damage during the use of...
Ana Barros
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
#TransparencyThursday
Two leading scientists from the Netherlands will be answering questions about their animal research on the EARA Instagram page this...
Ana Barros
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Covid-19 myths
UK animal research advocacy group Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published an article dispelling the falsehoods being spread...
Ana Barros
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
Understanding sepsis
Research from the EARA member Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Portugal, has found new evidence to understand and fight sepsis - a...
Ana Barros
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
3Rs online events
EARA members are organising virtual events on the topic of the 3Rs during February. In Germany, the Charité 3R Symposium & Poster Award...
Ana Barros
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min
Ben Stiller & free event on MND
An online US event looking at the path to a new treatment for ALS (or MND), based on a patient story, takes place next week. Hosted by...
Ana Barros
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
Fighting blood cancer
A collaboration between EARA member institutions in Germany, has created a new approach to fight blood cancer. Using two mouse models,...
Bob Tolliday
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Non-animal vaccine testing
A new safety method developed by EARA member University of Turku, Finland, could help reduce the numbers of animals used in vaccine...
Ana Barros
- Dec 14, 2020
- 1 min
Effects of social distancing
Research from the EARA member the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany, has found how social-distancing and self-isolation...