The Economist articles
EARA Executive Director, Kirk Leech, has been quoted in two The Economist articles published today (23 July 2021) on the research monkey...
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Ana Barros
- Jul 15
- 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...
Ana Barros
- Jul 15
- 1 min
Implants to restore vision
Scientists at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN), Amsterdam, have created a brain implant that could restore some vision in...
Ana Barros
- Jul 12
- 1 min
Animals in neuroscience research
Insights into the use of monkeys and mice in neuroscience research have been highlighted in a video produced by EARA member Ernst...
Becky Jones
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Primates in Covid-19 video
A behind-the-scenes video, at a facility in Louisiana, USA, has highlighted the importance of studies using monkeys in the fight against...
Ana Barros
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Antibody drug & Covid-19
The EU has purchased 55,000 doses of a monoclonal antibody treatment for Covid-19, which significantly reduces the hospitalisation of...
Becky Jones
- Jun 4
- 7 min
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,...
Ana Barros
- May 28
- 1 min
EARA letter in the Times
EARA executive director, Kirk Leech, has responded (today 28 May 2021) to an opinion piece in The Times from UK actress Joanna Lumley...
Ana Barros
- Apr 26
- 1 min
Human-monkey cell research
An important ethical discussion has begun following the US-China scientific collaboration that has grown human cells in a monkey embryo...
Ana Barros
- Apr 26
- 1 min
2020 medical breakthroughs
To mark World Laboratory Animals Day, EARA has published a feature looking back at some of the medical breakthroughs made possible with...
Ana Barros
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Alzheimer’s studies animal models
Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Berlin, have created a gene therapy using mice which could help to treat...
Becky Jones
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Personalised brain grafts
A team from University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, has successfully reduced symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in monkeys by implanting cells...
Bob Tolliday
- Mar 26
- 1 min
“A la comunidad científica le preocupa la escasez de macacos para experimentación”
El desarrollo de las vacunas contra la covid-19 se ha logrado gracias al uso experimental de primates no humanos, como los macacos. Este...
Bob Tolliday
- Mar 1
- 1 min
NHP shortage
The New York Times has highlighted the growing fears of the US biomedical community as China's export ban on monkeys, vital for research...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 18
- 6 min
China's ban on research monkey exports hits vaccine testing
An article has appeared in the Spanish publication Quo setting out the concerns of the European biomedical community about the current...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Fears rise on China research monkey export ban - UnHerd magazine
An article highlighting the implications of the increasing shortages of monkeys for European and US biomedical research, has been...
Ana Barros
- Feb 8
- 1 min
The origin of language and memory
Researchers from the Newcastle University, UK, have found a link between the development of communication and memory in human and primate...
Becky Jones
- Jan 11
- 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...
Becky Jones
- Jan 11
- 1 min
Monkeys for Covid-19 research
US researchers have confirmed the importance of using rhesus macaque monkeys as models in Covid-19 research, in a recent study. The...
Becky Jones
- 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...