3Rs in Covid-19 debate
Two live webinars on the 3Rs in coronavirus research have highlighted the disagreements over the contribution of animal research in the...
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Ana Barros
- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
3Rs in Covid-19 webinars
With the postponement of the 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC11), two free webinars are...
Ana Barros
- Aug 17, 2020
- 1 min
Dutch scientists speak up
The scientific community in the Netherlands has spoken with one voice to highlight the importance of animal research during the Covid-19...
Ana Barros
- Jul 20, 2020
- 1 min
EU survey
European researchers have confirmed the importance of using animals to the success of their studies, in a major EU survey. The Joint...
Ana Barros
- Jun 15, 2020
- 1 min
Animal research comms in Belgium & Netherlands
EARA member Infopoint Animal Testing (IPPO), based in Belgium, has launched an informative booklet (only available in Dutch) on...
Ana Barros
- May 26, 2020
- 4 min
Covid-19 research using monkeys
In the research to combat Covid-19, one of the most important, and in demand, animals to use as models for understanding the virus, and...
Ana Barros
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
A look back at medical advances in 2019 and the role played by animal research
While biomedical research is being asked to find solutions to the world’s current health emergency, it is worth remembering the wide...
Ana Barros
- Mar 30, 2020
- 1 min
Study: Use only one animal species in some drug tests
A major study has reached a significant conclusion about the use of animal species in drug safety testing. Currently, regulators require...
Ana Barros
- Mar 23, 2020
- 1 min
Mapping the fight against Covid-19 in Europe
Researchers across Europe are in the forefront of the search for effective drugs to fight the coronavirus. EARA has put together a map...
Ana Barros
- Feb 5, 2020
- 3 min
Research sector in the Netherlands welcomes EU-wide figures on the number of animals in science
The Dutch biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of the first comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, including...
Ana Barros
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
Studying mice to help prevent heart attacks and stroke
Research from Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, has used animal imaging studies to identify when arteries become...
Ana Barros
- Feb 3, 2020
- 1 min
Venom gland organoids may lead to wider treatments
Scientists from the Hubrecht Institute, Netherlands, have grown organoids of snake venom glands to produce real venom, which could be...
Ana Barros
- Dec 15, 2019
- 2 min
‘We need to ensure the public hear the good stories as well’, Dutch audience hears at EARA event
EARA’s latest event at Maastricht University, has highlighted the importance of open, proactive, and accurate communication with the...
Ana Barros
- Oct 31, 2019
- 2 min
Free EARA event on openness in animal research in the Netherlands, this December
The latest in the series of EARA science communications events, supported by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and...
Bob Tolliday
- Apr 15, 2019
- 2 min
Cancer studies see rise in use of animals in Netherlands research
Increased biomedical research into cancer has seen a rise in the number of procedures using animals in the Netherlands, the latest...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 2 min
Primate poposal by Netherlands government ‘will severely limit progress on biomedical research’.
EARA has responded to a call by the Dutch Science Minister for the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), in the Netherlands, an EARA...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
Dutch Parliament backs primate research
In response to calls to reduce the number of experiments with non-human primates (NHP) by up to 40% in the Netherlands the Dutch...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 3 min
The case for proactive communications of animal statistics
Every year the United Kingdom’s Home Office (the UK ministerial department of internal affairs) publishes its statistics on animals used...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 2 min
Dutch animal research statistics: 18% more procedures than in 2013
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit, NVWA) published Zo doende 2014, its...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
Dutch Parliament passes motion to phase out non-human primate research
Last week, the Dutch Parliament passed a motion supported by all parties asking Government to investigate completely phasing out...
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