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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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Ana Barros

5 hours ago
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 patients. A hallmark of Pa...

Ana Barros

Mar 30
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 testing on two speci...

Ana Barros

Feb 5
3 min

Research sector in France welcomes EU-wide figures on the number of animals used in science

The French biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of the first comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, including France, on all uses o...

Ana Barros

Feb 5
1 min

Restoring human sight thanks to monkeys

Scientists at the Paris Vision Institute, France, have shown that an artificial retina could restore the sight of patients with eye diseases. In collaboratio...

Ana Barros

Feb 3
1 min

Study in mice shown to destroy brain tumours

A study by French and US researchers has uncovered the beneficial role played by a network of lymphatic vessels, tubes which carry diseasefighting white bloo...

Ana Barros

Jan 30
3 min

Lyon EARA event: ‘Don’t shy away from discussions on animal research,’ French audience hears

EARA’s latest event in Lyon, this week, outlined the need for greater transparency in France, how this can be achieved, and what challenges to openness curre...

Ana Barros

Nov 12, 2019
1 min

Changes in gut bacteria promote colorectal cancer

Scientists in France have found that an imbalance in the microbe population living in our intestine could cause colorectal cancer. Teams from the Paris insti...

Bob Tolliday

Jun 6, 2019
2 min

EARA website study shows more progress is needed to improve openness on animal research in France

A study by the European Animal Research Association (EARA), of websites of biomedical research bodies in France, assessing how they discuss research using an...

Ana Barros

May 14, 2019
1 min

A second skin to regenerate joints

Scientists in France, have created an implant which, when applied as a wound dressing, can regenerate cartilage. Using small and large animals (rats and shee...