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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
Nobel Prize and mice studies
Research with mice to understand the sensations of heat and touch has been recognised in this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
Ana Barros
Oct 11, 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
New way to fight endometriosis
Research at the University of Oxford, UK, has found a potential new way to fight endometriosis - a disease that causes pain, inflammation...
Ana Barros
Oct 4, 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
Animals in autism research
A special report in Spectrum, detailing how a variety of animal models are used to help improve our understanding of autism, has been...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 27, 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
Animal studies and new cholesterol jab
A new type of injection to lower cholesterol in the blood has now been approved for use both by EU and the UK. EARA member, Novartis,...
Ana Barros
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Photo prize
An image of blood vessels has won the British Heart Foundation (BHF) prize, celebrating 60 years of research funded by the charity. The...
Ana Barros
Aug 30, 20211 min read
Gut bacteria rewind ageing brain
Scientists at University College Cork, Ireland, have shown the effect that bacteria in the intestine can have on behaviour and brain...
Ana Barros
Aug 16, 20211 min read
Closure of a lab animal breeder
Scientists in Australia are concerned that the announced closure of the country’s leading breeder and supplier of lab mice and rats will...
Ana Barros
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Stem cells & Covid and Zika infections
Scientists at The Francis Crick Institute, UK, have discovered a process in mammalian stem cells that can protect against viral...
Ana Barros
Jul 19, 20211 min read
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