Mouse embryos
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, have grown mouse embryos in bottles, offering a unique way to observe how a...
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Ana Barros
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Gene therapy for chronic pain
Researchers at the University of California San Diego, USA, have created a gene therapy for chronic pain without apparent side effects....
Bob Tolliday
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Muscle growth
A team at EARA member the Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany have examined how muscles are maintained and grow, using mice. New muscle...
Bob Tolliday
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Prostate cancer organoids
Researchers at the University of Bern, Switzerland, have developed an organoid model to help find personalised drug treatments for...
Ana Barros
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Brain Prize 2021
The largest annual prize for neuroscience has been awarded to four scientists for their research on migraine studies, using animal...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
Value of animal models
A recent publication by Portuguese and Hungarian scientists has confirmed the value of animal studies in diabetes research. The team, led...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 8, 2021
- 1 min
Huntington's disease research
Researchers at the University of Barcelona, Spain, have found mutations in a protein that can be linked to Huntington’s disease, a...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 8, 2021
- 1 min
Targeting cancer cells
Scientists at Tel Aviv University, Israel, have identified how a unique property of cancer cells could provide a new method of killing...
Ana Barros
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
Understanding sepsis
Research from the EARA member Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Portugal, has found new evidence to understand and fight sepsis - a...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
Reversing paralysis in mice
Scientists at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have made paralysed mice walk again by stimulating healing in the spinal cord (video)....
Ana Barros
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min
MND breakthrough
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have discovered a way in which neurons can be repaired, so as to stop muscle wastage in...
Ana Barros
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
Fighting blood cancer
A collaboration between EARA member institutions in Germany, has created a new approach to fight blood cancer. Using two mouse models,...
Ana Barros
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
US rodent numbers row
A paper estimating the numbers of mice and rats used annually in US research has been strongly challenged within the biomedical research...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
Inhaled vaccines
Scientists at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, USA, have identified a new way to deliver a vaccine by aerosol rather than...
Bob Tolliday
- Dec 22, 2020
- 5 min
Feature: Making vaccines safe - animal testing plays a vital part
While basic research using animals gave scientists a greater understanding of the Covid-19 virus, such as its structure and genetic...
Ana Barros
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min
Age-related disease therapy
Spanish scientists have created a spin-off company to develop the first treatment for lung fibrosis based on gene therapy. Pulmonary...
Ana Barros
- Nov 30, 2020
- 1 min
Animal research & autism
Scientists in the US are using mice and zebrafish to help understand some of the symptoms experienced by people with autism, caused by a...
Ana Barros
- Nov 24, 2020
- 1 min
Heart research & animal models
The UK British Heart Foundation (BHF) charity has published a round-up of its current funded research to treat heart disease, including...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
EARA/EFPIA response to antibody recommendation
A joint report by the European Animal Research Association (EARA) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 16, 2020
- 1 min
New immunotherapy drug
Researchers at University College London, UK, have found a new antibody cancer drug that has significantly improved the life expectancy...