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Ana Barros
Oct 18, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
‘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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 4, 20217 min read
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 17, 20211 min read
EARA YouTube release & Pint of Science
To mark this week’s global science communication festival, Pint of Science, EARA’s latest #LetsTalkSciComm video on YouTube has an...
Ana Barros
May 8, 20211 min read
Scientists in the Netherlands talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Bob Tolliday
May 3, 20211 min read
Mini-organs for toxicity testing
Researchers at EARA member Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands, have developed mini-organs for testing new medicines, reducing...
Ana Barros
Apr 19, 20211 min read
TB study in zebrafish
Scientists at the Leiden University, Netherlands, have found a new strategy to clear away tuberculosis bacteria in zebrafish. The team...
Ana Barros
Mar 8, 20211 min read
Hereditary deafness
Researchers at EARA member Radboud University Medical Centre, Netherlands, are developing a way to prevent sudden-onset deafness. A...
Ana Barros
Mar 1, 20211 min read
#TransparencyThursday
Two leading scientists from the Netherlands will be answering questions about their animal research on the EARA Instagram page this...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 22, 20211 min read
Covid-19 nasal spray
An antiviral nasal spray treatment for Covid-19, developed by Dutch and US scientists, has been shown to protect ferrets. The spray,...
Ana Barros
Jan 28, 20213 min read
Opinie proefdiervrij onderzoek
Opinie: geef wetenschap de ruimte om zélf tot proefdiervrij onderzoek te komen Streven naar proefdiervrij onderzoek is mooi, maar een te...
Ana Barros
Dec 14, 20201 min read
Restoring vision in monkeys
Scientists at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN), Amsterdam, have created a brain implant that could restore some vision in...
Ana Barros
Nov 17, 20204 min read
EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
The second study of websites of biomedical research bodies across the EU, published by the European Animal Research Association (EARA),...
Ana Barros
Nov 16, 20204 min read
Netherlands - EARA Study of EU-based websites 2020
A study of the websites of biomedical research bodies in the Netherlands, assessing how they discuss research using animals, published by...
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