Awards recognise research using animals
This year’s prestigious Lasker Awards include scientists who have used animals as part of their research into cancer and eye diseases....
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News from EARA
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Gege Li
- Aug 21
- 1 min
Treating alcohol addiction - monkey study
US researchers have found that alcohol addiction could be reversed with a gene therapy that ‘resets’ the brain’s dopamine levels, using...
Gege Li
- Aug 7
- 1 min
Scientific coalition addresses research monkey challenges
A coalition of 40 organisations, including EARA, has recently presented a set of recommendations to address the global supply shortage of...
Gege Li
- Jul 24
- 1 min
Hidden benefits of diarrhoea vaccine
A vaccine for treating a bacterial infection that commonly causes diarrhoea, may help babies grow faster, recent US research into monkeys...
Gege Li
- Jul 17
- 1 min
Improving brain function in ageing monkeys
Injecting old monkeys with a natural protein can boost their brain function, potentially leading to new treatments for neurodegenerative...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 17
- 1 min
Why monkeys are used in research – video
Two new pieces of public information on the importance of using monkeys and other animals in neuroscience research have been published...
Gege Li
- Jun 22
- 1 min
Treating eye conditions
Irish researchers have developed a new approach to treat glaucoma, tested first in mice and monkeys. Glaucoma affects around 80 million...
Gege Li
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Brain implant treats paralysed man
Excitement, with a note of caution, has greeted the news that a paralysed man has been able to walk again thanks to a brain implant that...
Bob Tolliday
- May 15
- 1 min
Monkeys are vital in US biomedical research
A report by US scientific experts has confirmed the necessity of non-human primates (NHPs) in research and called for a national strategy...
Gege Li
- May 9
- 1 min
HIV studies in animals show progress
A team at Scripps Research, California, USA, has developed a vaccine for HIV (a virus that can lead to AIDS if left untreated) which...
Gege Li
- May 2
- 1 min
Film highlights the need for monkeys in brain research
EARA member the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience, Germany, has released a documentary film highlighting the essential...
Gege Li
- May 2
- 1 min
Eye disease treatment for blindness
US researchers, from Harvard Medical School and the biotechnology company Life Biosciences, have developed the first treatment for an eye...
Bob Tolliday
- Apr 5
- 3 min
Biomedical sector in Netherlands welcomes 2020 EU report on numbers of animals used in research
The Dutch biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, on all uses of...
Gege Li
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Reversing diabetes in monkeys
US researchers have developed a new way to reverse type 1 diabetes in monkeys, raising the possibility of a more effective cure for the...
Gege Li
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Pill success to treat dengue fever
A pill targeted at the dengue virus has successfully treated and prevented infection in mice and monkeys. Dengue fever, is a viral...
Gege Li
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Injection to treat endometriosis
An antibody can relieve some of the key symptoms of a painful disorder when given to monkeys, researchers have found. Endometriosis is a...
Gege Li
- Feb 27
- 1 min
Device to help stroke patients
Patients paralysed by a stroke have regained temporary movement in their arms and hands, thanks to an innovative electrical device....
Gege Li
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Vaccine protects monkeys from virus
Researchers have developed a vaccine that protects monkeys against a disease caused by an Ebola-like virus, that currently has no...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 30
- 2 min
EU & research monkeys – article
The recent implementation of EU legislation may drive biomedical studies using monkeys out of Europe and threaten the future of brain and...
Gege Li
- Jan 23
- 1 min
Treating eye disorders using animals
Two studies in the US have uncovered new ways to study and treat conditions of the eye, based on research in mice, monkeys and zebrafish....
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