Dog cancer vaccine
A cancer vaccine being developed, in the Netherlands, has been found to be effective in treating multiple types of cancers in mice and...
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Bob Tolliday
- May 23, 2022
- 1 min
Openness celebrated in the Netherlands
The successful Netherlands Open Week, this month, which has showcased openness and transparency in animal research, should be an example ...
Bob Tolliday
- May 9, 2022
- 1 min
Netherlands Open Week 9-13 May
This week, in a first of its kind in Europe, the Dutch Transparency Agreement on Animal Testing will be holding an Open Week with a...
Bob Tolliday
- Apr 27, 2022
- 6 min
Feature: A momentous year for human health - a look back at biomedical research in 2021
With a spotlight on animals during the recent Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) and next month's Be Open About Animal Research Day...
Ana Barros
- Apr 18, 2022
- 1 min
New strategy to prevent clogged arteries
Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA, has found a new way to prevent clogged arteries. Atherosclerosis – a condition...
Ana Barros
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
Monkeys dataset
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) have published a database of readings from a monkey brain, which could...
Ana Barros
- Mar 7, 2022
- 1 min
3D bioprinting & alternatives
Two European projects are seeking to reduce the use of animals in research by using 3D bioprinting. The BRIGHTER project aims to overcome...
Ana Barros
- Jan 17, 2022
- 1 min
Heart cells
Dutch scientists have found a way to improve the study of heart disease by growing human heart cells on a massive scale (see video). The...
Ana Barros
- Dec 20, 2021
- 1 min
Scientists talk about their research using animals
Find out more about how leading scientists from around the world have been answering your questions about their studies using animals....
Ana Barros
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Journalism award
An article reporting on Covid-19 research at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, The Netherlands, has won the Silver Award in the...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Netherlands Transparency Agreement on animal research launched
Today, 15 Dutch biomedical organisations have made a significant commitment to openness about the use of animals in research, by signing...
Ana Barros
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
Animal research events
Two free online events on animal research are taking place this week in France and in the Netherlands. Utrecht University, Netherlands,...
Ana Barros
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
3Rs online webinars
A series of four free events hosted by a pan-European group of 3Rs centres, will take place online from this Thursday until December....
Bob Tolliday
- Sep 27, 2021
- 1 min
October 3Rs webinars
A webinar series to discuss ways to improve the implementation of the 3Rs in Belgium and the Netherlands will take place this autumn. The...
Ana Barros
- Sep 13, 2021
- 1 min
‘Long Covid’ in monkeys
Studying macaques, EARA member, the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Netherlands, has discovered the hidden long-term effects Covid-19...
Ana Barros
- Sep 6, 2021
- 1 min
Organoids at global event
The 11th World Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing concluded last week, under the theme of 3Rs in Transition: From development to...
Ana Barros
- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min
WC11 online
The postponed World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC11) begins this week in its online format. The event...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 15, 2021
- 3 min
Netherlands - 2018 EU animal use in research statistics
The Dutch biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, including the...
Ana Barros
- Jul 15, 2021
- 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...
Bob Tolliday
- Jun 7, 2021
- 1 min
Why use animals in neuroscience research?
EARA has published a new article exploring some of the reasons that animal research is still essential in basic and clinical neuroscience...
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