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Research in Spain uses animals to find effective treatments for Covid-19
The European Animal Research Association has put together an interactive map to display the biomedical research currently underway across...
Ana Barros
May 7, 20201 min read
Research calms concerns of Covid-19 in animals
Fears of domestic and farm animals being infected by Covid-19 and in turn spreading it further, has led experts to seek answers using...
Ana Barros
Apr 27, 20201 min read
What animals are used in coronavirus research?
In the search for vaccines and treatments for Covid-19 animals can play an essential role in both basic research and testing. Various...
Ana Barros
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Infographics: The key stages to develop a Covid-19 vaccine
Around the world, scientists are working to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. The process to develop drugs and vaccines is usually long and...
Ana Barros
Apr 15, 20202 min read
Covid-19 ventilators developed using animal models
A group of volunteer engineers and doctors, in Spain, have successfully tested a prototype 3D printed ventilator on a pig. The research,...
Ana Barros
Apr 14, 20201 min read
Pigs used to test new COVID-19 vaccines before humans trials
A team from the Pirbright Institute, UK, are to test new vaccines for COVID-19 using pigs as an animal model. The vaccines, developed at...
Ana Barros
Apr 6, 20201 min read
Machine keeps liver alive outside the body for longer
Swiss researchers have developed a new machine that can maintain human livers for longer with the aim of allowing more patients to get...
Ana Barros
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Marking 50 years of biomedical research with minipigs
EARA member Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs has marked 50 years of the company at its Scientific Symposium, in London, UK, which also looked...
mburberry8
Apr 30, 20192 min read
Ethics in the spotlight after pig brain revival
A debate has been stirred by news that neuroscientists have stimulated activity in the brain of pigs hours after their heads were...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 29, 20191 min read
Nobel Prize 2015: using animal research to get rid of parasites
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine is shared between William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura, and Youyou Tu, who contributed...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 27, 20162 min read
A Researcher’s Perspective
This post is a translation of a Dutch blog that was originally published on the Faces of Science website on March 12, 2015. Marieke...
Bob Tolliday
Aug 11, 20154 min read
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