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Treating spine injuries with animal ‘slime’
Scientists have developed a synthetic gel, inspired by the protective ‘slime’ barrier found in many animals, which could help recovery...
Gege Li
Sep 23, 20241 min read
Insights into treating long Covid
US studies, using animals, have uncovered new information about the long-term effects of Covid-19 and the health complications it can...
Gege Li
Aug 27, 20242 min read
German research institute counters activist protests
A proactive campaign by EARA member the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI), has made a determined response to a large protest, conducted by...
The European Animal Research Association
Jul 12, 20243 min read
Progress in treating tuberculosis
Recent animal research has led to new developments in the detection and treatment of the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB).
Gege Li
Jul 8, 20242 min read
Rehoming lab rats in New Zealand
An article in Cosmos Magazine has looked at some of the rehoming initiatives for rats that have previously been used in biomedical...
Gege Li
Jul 1, 20242 min read
Rodent teeth insights for human dentistry?
Researchers in Germany have studied the tooth structure of seven different rodent species and found a material that is key to the...
Gege Li
Jun 24, 20241 min read
US rat studies set new hope for rare brain disease
Research at Stanford University, California, is making progress to understand a rare genetic brain disease and develop potential...
Nuno Gonçalves
May 7, 20241 min read
Tour of Dutch animal facility highlighted
As part of a series of website blog interviews at Radboud University Medical Center, its animal research facility has opened its doors to...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Revolutionary pacemaker tested in animals
US researchers have unveiled an ultra-thin, wireless pacemaker powered by light, marking an innovation in the treatment of heart disease....
Nuno Gonçalves
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Wound dressings using mussels and silkworms
Mussels and silkworms may provide an improved alternative to dressing open wounds compared to existing methods, a South Korean study has...
Gege Li
Mar 25, 20241 min read
EARA News Digest top stories of 2023
Here is a selection of the most-read research stories in the EARA News Digest this year: In January, EARA member the University of...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20231 min read
New insights into stroke recovery
Swedish researchers have successfully treated mice and rats so that they regain sensation following a stroke, even several days after it...
Gege Li
Dec 18, 20231 min read
Videos on animal use at Belgian university
EARA member Ghent University (UGent), Belgium, has published two videos of its facilities and laboratories to explain how and why they...
Gege Li
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Early-life stress alters brain in rats
US researchers have found that early-life stress in rats leads to more significant changes in brain genes than childhood head injuries....
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Czech research treats spinal cord injury in rats
A successful gene therapy has allowed rats with spinal cord injury to regain feeling in their legs. Researchers at the Institute of...
Gege Li
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Neuroscience awards honour numerous animal researchers
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced the recipients of its 2023 Early Career Awards, with several researchers who use animals...
Gege Li
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Alzheimer’s transferred to rats via gut bacteria
Memory loss and other characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease can be transferred to healthy rats by giving them gut bacteria from...
Gege Li
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Mushroom microdoses & rats
Researchers in Denmark have observed reduced stress in rats after microdoses of psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in some...
Nuno Gonçalves
Oct 16, 20231 min read
Nobel for Covid vaccines research using animals
This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine has gone to two researchers whose pioneering work relied on mice to develop messenger RNA (mRNA)...
Gege Li
Oct 9, 20231 min read
Tracking techniques developed in rodents
Recent studies have developed new techniques for tracking brain signals and bone development in mice and rats. Scientists at Lund...
Gege Li
Aug 14, 20231 min read
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