Getting vaccine facts straight
EARA has publicly challenged the false claims, about Covid-19 vaccine testing, made in the media by animal rights activists. In a letter...
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Bob Tolliday
May 20, 20214 min read
Opinion: Trying to make sense of animal sentience – the first task for the UK Parliament
The UK government’s proposal to legislate on what constitutes a ‘sentient being’ could create more problems than it solves. Ann Furedi,...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 18, 20216 min read
China's ban on research monkey exports hits vaccine testing
An article has appeared in the Spanish publication Quo setting out the concerns of the European biomedical community about the current...
Bob Tolliday
Dec 22, 20205 min read
Feature: Making vaccines safe - animal testing plays a vital part
While basic research using animals gave scientists a greater understanding of the Covid-19 virus, such as its structure and genetic...
Ana Barros
Jul 6, 20201 min read
Visit us at FENS
EARA will be among the exhibitors at the online FENS Forum 2020, starting this Saturday. Visit us at the Consortium for Public Outreach...
Ana Barros
Apr 11, 20203 min read
Crisis plans help animal facilities respond to the coronavirus pandemic
Andreas Lengeling, the animal research and welfare officer for the Max Planck Society, in Germany, looks at the steps many institutions...
Ana Barros
Mar 23, 20201 min read
Coronavirus: Activist groups keep silent on animal research
EARA research has revealed a notable absence of calls to ban animal research from activist groups during the coronavirus crisis. In an...
Ana Barros
Sep 17, 20194 min read
Drug trial breakthrough shows that Ebola is ‘no longer incurable’
EARA Executive Director, Kirk Leech, looks at the remarkable progress in biomedical research in the search for a cure for Ebola virus...
mburberry8
Apr 17, 20192 min read
A look back at recent biomedical breakthroughs thanks to animal research
On the eve of Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD 18 April), EARA looks back at some of the important medical advances over the last...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 28, 20194 min read
Why Belgium still needs animal testing in the fight against cancer
In a piece first published in the Belgian news magazine Knack (in Dutch), Prof. Damya Laoui, from the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20195 min read
The peaceful but insidious tactics of animal rights groups in Portugal
This article was originally published by Inês S. Albuquerque on the Speaking of Research website. Speaking of Research aims to provide...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20194 min read
We aren’t sadists, but we do animal research
A group of young, ambitious Belgian scientists have had enough of standing by doing nothing while animal research is criticised in the...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20195 min read
Research with dogs develops an artificial pancreas to treat diabetes
White Coat Waste is a conservative animal rights organization devoted to the elimination of animal research. Its first target is...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 11, 20182 min read
Ebola vaccine in use thanks to ‘curiosity-driven’ basic research
There was no known widespread outbreaks of Ebola when the vaccine was developed 15 years ago using animals, says Kirk Leech, EARA...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 14, 20171 min read
A trans-Atlantic transparency gap on animal experiments
This article was originally published in Science on 14 July 2017 The launch last month of a website called LabAnimalTour.org, which...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 13, 20153 min read
Sometimes My Job Seems Like a Secret
This article was originally published by Amy Davidson BSc (Hons), MBA, RQAP-GLP. Amy is Vice President, Operations at Kingfisher...
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