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Feature: A momentous year for human health - a look back at biomedical research in 2021

Ana Barros

Apr 27
6 min

Feature: A momentous year for human health - a look back at biomedical research in 2021

With a spotlight on animals during the recent Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) and next month's Be Open About Animal Research Day...

Ana Barros

Mar 7
1 min

Virtual events in March

An event on Culture of Care and Responsible Research is taking place virtualy this week. Hosted by the University Hospital Jena, Germany,...

Bob Tolliday

Feb 28
1 min

Time-keeping rats

A collaboration between French and Polish researchers has revealed that rats can estimate passing time and evaluate how well they did...

Bob Tolliday

Feb 28
1 min

French MP visits research centre

The French MP, Cédric Villani, has recently visited animal facilities at the University of Strasbourg, as its guest, in conjunction with...

Ana Barros

Feb 7
1 min

Get on #BOARD22

This June, EARA will once again co-ordinate Be Open about Animal Research Day – Get on #BOARD22, the 24-hour global social media campaign...

Ana Barros

Jan 17
1 min

Free webinar

An online free event takes place next week to discuss animal suffering in science. The webinar, co-organised by the European Federation...

Ana Barros

Nov 15, 2021
1 min

Heart valves & zebrafish

Scientists at Imperial College London, UK, have made new discoveries about how heart valves grow and develop (see video). The team, in...

Covid research and the contribution of monkeys

Bob Tolliday

Nov 8, 2021
2 min

Covid research and the contribution of monkeys

A recent article, in the French publication Usbek & Rica, has asked a number of scientists to explain the importance of using monkeys in...

Ana Barros

Oct 25, 2021
1 min

Animal research events

Two free online events on animal research are taking place this week in France and in the Netherlands. Utrecht University, Netherlands,...

Ana Barros

Oct 11, 2021
1 min

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...

Ana Barros

Jul 19, 2021
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...

France - 2018 EU animal use in research statistics

Bob Tolliday

Jul 15, 2021
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, 2021
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...

Why use animals in neuroscience research?

Bob Tolliday

Jun 7, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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...

Feature: Biomedical breakthroughs in 2020 - how research with animals contributed

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...

Bob Tolliday

Feb 22, 2021
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...