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News from EARA
This page contains all the news outputs from EARA, including press releases and videos, EARA policy and news briefings, plus opinion pieces and significant media articles.
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Ana Barros
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Food cravings & pregnancy
Spanish scientists have taken a step forward in understanding food cravings during pregnancy. The team at EARA member IDIBAPS, Barcelona,...

Ana Barros
Mar 7, 20221 min read
3D bioprinting & alternatives
Two European projects are seeking to reduce the use of animals in research by using 3D bioprinting. The BRIGHTER project aims to overcome...

Ana Barros
Feb 7, 20221 min read
Spanish controversy
Authorities at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and the University of Barcelona (UB) have set the record straight following recent...


Bob Tolliday
Jan 28, 20224 min read
The reality of research with animal models in Spain – COSCE statement
The Confederation of Scientific Societies of Spain (COSCE) through its Commission for the Study of the Use of Animals in Scientific...


Bob Tolliday
Jan 27, 20225 min read
La realidad sobre la investigación con modelos animales en España
La Comisión COSCE de Estudio del Uso de Animales en Investigación Científica publica el presente comunicado que clarifica la realidad...

Ana Barros
Jan 24, 20221 min read
Alzheimer's disease
Spanish researchers from the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville have taken a step forward (in Spanish) in understanding memory loss in...

Ana Barros
Jan 4, 20222 min read
Spanish transparency report published
The fourth annual report of the Transparency Agreement on Animal Research in Spain has shown the continued drive of institutions in 2020...

Ana Barros
Dec 27, 20211 min read
Researchers on Instagram in 2021
This year on EARA Intagram, we saw more scientists than ever, coming forward publicly to answer questions about their research using...

Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
EARA at Spanish event
The biomedical community needs to ‘shift the balance’ to talk more about the benefits of using animals in research, EARA executive...

Ana Barros
Jul 19, 20211 min read
EU animal stats 2018
The European Commission has published EU-wide statistics for 2018, for the use of animals in biomedical research. The headline figure for...

Bob Tolliday
Jul 15, 20213 min read
Spain - 2018 EU animal use in research statistics
The Spanish biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, including Spain, on...

Ana Barros
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Find treatments for rare disease
After successful tests in mice, scientists from Cima University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, have developed a gene therapy for a rare and...

Ana Barros
Jun 30, 20211 min read
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2021 - live events
To celebrate Be Open About Animal Research Day 2021 (#BOARD21), institutions in Brazil and Spain organised live events, to talk about...

Bob Tolliday
Jun 7, 20211 min read
Spanish communications video
EARA member the Spanish Society of Science for Laboratory Animals (SECAL), has produced a video answering common questions about the use...

Ana Barros
May 24, 20211 min read
Transparency in Belgium & Spain
Two excellent communications initiatives from Belgium and Spain, using imagery and video, have been published to promote transparency...

Ana Barros
Apr 19, 20211 min read
Vivotecnia update
The Vivotecnia facilities have been temporarily closed by the Madrid Competent Authorities, after the release of an undercover video...

Ana Barros
Apr 9, 20212 min read
Declaración de EARA sobre el vídeo clandestino de Vivotecnia, España
EARA se creó para informar mejor a la opinión pública y responsables políticos europeos sobre la necesidad y los beneficios de la...

Ana Barros
Apr 9, 20212 min read
EARA statement on the undercover video footage from Vivotecnia, Spain
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) was established to better inform the European public and political decision makers of the...


Bob Tolliday
Mar 26, 20211 min read
“A la comunidad científica le preocupa la escasez de macacos para experimentación”
El desarrollo de las vacunas contra la covid-19 se ha logrado gracias al uso experimental de primates no humanos, como los macacos. Este...

Ana Barros
Mar 8, 20211 min read
EARA growth
The European Animal Research Association (EARA), founded just seven years ago, has recently become the biggest advocacy organisation on...
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