Minipigs for vaccine testing
EARA members, from Denmark and France, have demonstrated how minipigs can help develop and test new vaccines against whooping cough. At...
News from EARA
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Ana Barros
- Jul 19
- 1 min
EU animal stats 2018
The European Commission has published EU-wide statistics for 2018, for the use of animals in biomedical research. The headline figure for...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 15
- 4 min
France - 2018 EU animal use in research statistics
The French biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, including France, on...
Ana Barros
- Jul 15
- 1 min
Vision studies in monkeys
Researchers from the Paris Vision Institute, France, have made further groundbreaking advances with a potential therapy to restore sight...
Becky Jones
- Jun 7
- 1 min
Why use animals in neuroscience research?
EARA has published a new article exploring some of the reasons that animal research is still essential in basic and clinical neuroscience...
Ana Barros
- May 24
- 1 min
Asthma vaccine in mice
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, have developed a successful vaccine to treat severe asthma in mice. In collaboration...
Ana Barros
- May 17
- 1 min
EARA YouTube release & Pint of Science
To mark this week’s global science communication festival, Pint of Science, EARA’s latest #LetsTalkSciComm video on YouTube has an...
Ana Barros
- Apr 23
- 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...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 22
- 2 min
French Transparency Agreement
French universities, research centres and companies today signed a transparency agreement on animal research, with a commitment to...
Ana Barros
- Nov 17, 2020
- 4 min
EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
The second study of websites of biomedical research bodies across the EU, published by the European Animal Research Association (EARA),...
Ana Barros
- Nov 16, 2020
- 4 min
France - EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
A study of the websites of biomedical research bodies in France, assessing how they discuss research using animals, published by the...
Ana Barros
- Jun 15, 2020
- 1 min
Sweden & France events
A free webinar, focusing on the activities of EARA, and hosted by the European Society of Laboratory Animal Veterinarians (ESLAV) and the...
Ana Barros
- May 26, 2020
- 4 min
Covid-19 research using monkeys
In the research to combat Covid-19, one of the most important, and in demand, animals to use as models for understanding the virus, and...
Ana Barros
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Covid-19 knowledge mapping
A team at ISC-PIF, France, has created a series of knowledge maps to identify key areas of study relating to Covid-19. The study...
Ana Barros
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
Research in France uses animals to find effective treatments for Covid-19
The European Animal Research Association has put together an interactive map to display the biomedical research currently underway across...
Ana Barros
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
A look back at medical advances in 2019 and the role played by animal research
While biomedical research is being asked to find solutions to the world’s current health emergency, it is worth remembering the wide...
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 6, 2020
- 1 min
Potential treatment for Parkinson’s in monkeys
Researchers at the University of Lille, France, have found a potential new strategy to improve the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease...
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
Study: Use only one animal species in some drug tests
A major study has reached a significant conclusion about the use of animal species in drug safety testing. Currently, regulators require...