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This page contains all the news outputs from EARA, including press releases and videos, EARA policy and news briefings, plus opinion pieces and significant media articles.
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Pill hope to treat sickle cell disease
A drug to treat sickle cell disease has performed well in mice and monkeys, overcoming some of the limitations of current treatments.
Gege Li
Jul 15, 20241 min read
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Parkinsonโs patients learn more about research with monkeys
People with Parkinsonโs have had the opportunity to learn more about biomedical research on the condition, involving the use of monkeys,...
The European Animal Research Association
Jul 12, 20242 min read
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German research institute counters activist protests
A proactive campaign by EARA member the Ernst Strรผngmann Institute (ESI), has made a determined response to a large protest, conducted by...
The European Animal Research Association
Jul 12, 20243 min read
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EARA Q&A โ developing microelectrodes for the monkey brain
The latest episode of our #TransparencyThursday series features Ivรขnia Trรชpo, a PhD student at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
Gege Li
Jul 8, 20241 min read
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Progress in treating tuberculosis
Recent animal research has led to new developments in the detection and treatment of the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB).
Gege Li
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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Explaining sex differences in pain
Males and females differ in their experience of pain due to differences in specialised nerve cells, a recent US study in mice, monkeys...
Gege Li
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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EARA expands its media training workshops
The EARA has introduced some new modules to its Media Training Series. Each workshop module isย designed to equip researchers, research...
The European Animal Research Association
May 28, 20241 min read
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HIV vaccine approach shows promise
A US strategy for developing a vaccine for HIV, based on training the immune system, is providing hope for an effective future treatment....
Gege Li
May 28, 20241 min read
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Marmosets contribute to brain research
Two recent studies, in Japan, have shown the value of using marmoset monkeysย to study brain conditions. Research at Kobe...
Gege Li
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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Using AI to detect brainwaves
An improved way to detect brainwaves, using artificial intelligence (AI) models trained on animal data, has been developed by Spanish...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20241 min read
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Understanding how attention works in monkeys โ EARA Q&A
In the latest episodeย of EARAโs #TransparencyThursday series, PhD student Esperanza Domingo Gil, of the Cognitive Neurophysiology...
Gege Li
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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The dramatic impact of the Ebola vaccine
The recent vaccine for the Ebola virus can protect people from dying, even if they already have the disease before being vaccinated,...
Gege Li
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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Ideological decision halts neuroscience research with monkeys
EARA has expressed its deep concern at the ideologically-based decision of the competent authority for the federal state of Bremen,...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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EARA statement โ scientific concerns over Bremen state ruling
The European Animal Research Association is deeply concerned by the ideologically based decision of the competent authority for the...
The European Animal Research Association
Feb 6, 20242 min read
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Potential vaccine for high cholesterol
US research, using mice and monkeys, could lead to a new vaccine to lower 'bad' cholesterol.ย
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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โLandmarkโ trial of asthma drug
An antibody drug for treating severe asthma can successfully control the condition in patients without the need for inhaled steroids, a...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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EARA News Digest top stories of 2023
Here is a selection of the most-read research stories in the EARA News Digest this year: In January, EARA member the University of...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Monkey research leads to revolutionary Parkinson's treatment
Animal research has paved the way for a spinal implant that has given a 62-year-old man with Parkinson's disease the ability to walk...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Nov 12, 20231 min read
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Zika infection in mice and monkeys
Recent studies using animals, in the USA and Brazil, have shed light on the effect of Zika virus infection during pregnancy, which could...
Gege Li
Oct 30, 20231 min read
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Monkey survives two years with pig kidney transplant
US scientists have made a breakthrough in organ transplantation, with a macaque monkey surviving for more than two years after receiving...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Oct 23, 20231 min read
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