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Replacing mice to study brain cancer
Scientists at Uppsala University, Sweden, have created a new way to study brain cancer tumours and partly replace the use of mice models...
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Nanoparticles to deliver drugs
A new tool, developed by US researchers, could help to measure how effectively nanoparticles can deliver drugs to a patient’s cells....
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Treating heart failure
Researchers in Germany have found a way to improve the treatment of heart failure, using a combination of animal studies and new approach...
Ana Barros
Dec 21, 20211 min read
3Rs improvement in rodent studies
Scientists from the Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Olomouc, Czechia, have developed a less stressful and painful way...
Ana Barros
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Scientists talk about their research using animals
Find out more about how leading scientists from around the world have been answering your questions about their studies using animals. ...
Ana Barros
Dec 20, 20211 min read
Sex selection & gene editing
A method of gene-editing that can produce single-sex litters of mice could prove a major boost to animal welfare in scientific research...
Ana Barros
Dec 13, 20211 min read
Leukaemia treatment
Researchers in Sweden and Norway have developed a new therapy for blood cancer. The approach has the potential to spare healthy T and B...
Ana Barros
Dec 13, 20211 min read
HIV and CRISPR
Two new potential therapies to fight HIV have been welcomed as World AIDS Day was marked last week. Researchers at Temple University,...
Ana Barros
Dec 6, 20211 min read
Balancing fear
Scientists at the EARA member, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany, have found how the body, not just the brain, regulates fear...
Ana Barros
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Treatments for blood cancer
Belgian researchers have identified a new target to treat patients with an advanced form of blood cancer, thanks to research in mice and...
Ana Barros
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Alzheimer’s & human data
Using human data, scientists at University of Cambridge, UK, have found that Alzheimer’s progresses in a different way than previously...
Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Guardian video
UK newspaper, The Guardian, has explored some of the common questions about animal research in a new video. Journalist Richard Sprenger...
Ana Barros
Nov 15, 20211 min read
3Rs awards
Prizes which recognised three innovations, that reduce the need for animals in research, have been won by scientists from China, the UK...
Ana Barros
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Therapy for a rare condition in children
After 30 years of research, a therapy has been approved to treat a rare condition that leaves children susceptible to seemingly harmless...
Ana Barros
Nov 8, 20211 min read
EPAA 3Rs award
The EU’s top prize for innovation which improves animal welfare during research has been won by the University of Coimbra, Portugal. The...
Ana Barros
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Immune clock breakthrough
Swiss and German researchers have discovered that the body’s immune system can vary in levels of activity, depending on the time of day....
Bob Tolliday
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Animal use and Covid-19 research
Researchers have highlighted the critical role that animals played in Covid-19 research in Germany. The team at the German Centre for the...
Ana Barros
Oct 18, 20211 min read
UK cancer exhibition
The first-ever exhibition on cancer research in the UK, pairing patients with scientists to discuss the topic, has opened in London....
Ana Barros
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Dengue fever breakthrough
Researchers in Belgium, at EARA member KU Leuven and the Centre for Drug Design and Discovery (CD3), have developed a treatment for...
Ana Barros
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Malaria vaccine
The World Health Organization has approved a landmark vaccine against malaria for widespread rollout in Africa. The vaccine, developed...
Ana Barros
Oct 11, 20211 min read
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