The second Portuguese Open Week on Animal Research (2–5 December) brought institutions across Portugal together to promote transparency and public understanding of the use of animals in biomedical research. The initiative is part of the Portuguese Transparency Agreement and supported by the European Animal Research Association (EARA). 

Researchers in Portugal and France discovered that the spinal cord plays a crucial role in sexual behaviour in mice and rats, opening new ways for treating sexual dysfunction in humans.

As instituições portuguesas signatárias do Acordo de Transparência sobre a Investigação Animal  continuaram a reforçar a sua abertura na...

Portuguese institutions that are signatories of the Transparency Agreement on Animal Research  have continued to expand their openness in...

Researchers in Portugal have discovered a defense mechanism in mice against the parasites that cause malaria, opening doors to potential therapeutic strategies. 

Researchers at EARA member the Champalimaud Foundation , in Portugal, have gained significant insights about the most common type of skin...

Here is a selection of the most-read research stories in the EARA News Digest this year: In April, a study at NERF  (a centre at EARA...

The latest EARA #TransparencyThursday video features Miguel Prudêncio , of the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine ( GIMM ),...

An EARA openness event this week in Oeiras, Portugal was hosted by the newly-formed Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine (GIMM).

A follow-up meeting of the EARA Patient Discovery project in Portugal, designed to encourage diabetes patient engagement.

Scientists have developed a synthetic gel, inspired by the protective ‘slime’ barrier found in many animals, which could help recovery...

Moisés Mallo, a principal investigator at EARA member the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (IGC), Portugal, features in the latest episode...

The Portuguese biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU in 2022.

Portugal has hosted its first Open Week on Animal Research (6-10 May), an initiative aimed at promoting transparency and dialogue about

Innovative communications initiatives by researchers, as well as projects to replace and reduce the use of animals, have been recognised...

The Patient Discovery project event was hosted by EARA member NOVA Medical School (NMS), Lisbon, and the patient group APDP Diabetes.

The annual reports of the Transparency Agreements (TA) on animal research in the Netherlands and Portugal, recently published, have...

Life science institutions in the Portuguese Transparency Agreement show more improvements in being open about animal research: annual report

Website study of openness on animal research in Portugal shows a wide gap between best and worst biomedical institutions

Research from Portugal has revealed that cats and dogs can transmit antibiotic-resistant bacteria to their owners.