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3Rs online webinars
A series of four free events hosted by a pan-European group of 3Rs centres, will take place online from this Thursday until December....
Ana Barros
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Regenerating heart cells
A team at EARA member the Max Planck Institute of Heart and Lung Research, Germany, has shown for the first time, using basic research,...
Ana Barros
Oct 11, 20211 min read
Awards recognise animal research
The role of animals in research has been recognised by one of the most prestigious US medicine awards. This year’s Albert Lasker Basic...
Ana Barros
Oct 4, 20211 min read
Fighting cancer with Covid technology
Recent studies have shown that vaccine technology used for Covid-19 has been effective in halting the growth of cancerous tumours in...
Ana Barros
Sep 20, 20211 min read
Organoid fish eyes
Scientists at Heidelberg University, Germany, have created fish eye models at the lab, paving the way to better understand retinal...
Ana Barros
Sep 13, 20211 min read
Womb transplants
A feature article in The Scientist has revealed how, in just a decade, research using animals made possible the first human-to-human...
Ana Barros
Sep 13, 20211 min read
Rat brain atlas
The British Neuroscience Association have launched an online resource to help design and support experiments using rats. Ratlas, an atlas...
Ana Barros
Aug 30, 20211 min read
Pro-Test Deutschland & science communication #LetsTalkSciComm
A German animal advocacy organisation is the latest to feature in EARA’s YouTube video series about science communication...
Bob Tolliday
Aug 2, 20211 min read
Animal-free skin test
The first complete skin sensitisation test, without using animals, has been approved for international use. The Organisation for Economic...
Ana Barros
Jul 26, 20211 min read
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...
Ana Barros
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Germany - 2018 EU animal use in research statistics
The German biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, including Germany, on...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 15, 20214 min read
Mouse embryo growth
Scientists in Germany have replicated the formation of a mouse embryo in a dish, allowing them to analyse its development in much more...
Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Initiative Transparente Tierversuche startet
DFG und „Tierversuche verstehen“ setzen sich für transparente Information und offene Kommunikation über Tierversuche in der Forschung ein...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 1, 20213 min read
Transparency Agreement in Germany launched
More than 50 German universities, research centres and companies today signed a transparency agreement on animal research, with a...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 1, 20213 min read
Antibodies for dogs
Scientists at the UK firm PetMedix, have created a system which could help make better potential new antibody medicines for dogs. In...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 21, 20211 min read
Feature: Why do we need to use animals in neuroscience research?
Perhaps more than in any other field of biomedical research, it is essential to use animals to understand the functions of the brain,...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 4, 20217 min read
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
May 17, 20211 min read
Preventing hearing loss in mice
Exposing ears to near infrared light (NIR) could be a way to prevent noise-induced hearing loss, according to studies by German and US...
Ana Barros
May 17, 20211 min read
Scientists in Germany talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 8, 20211 min read
German communication awards
German institutions, including two EARA members, have been recognised for their open and transparent approach on communicating animal...
Ana Barros
May 3, 20211 min read
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