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EARA promotes research openness at Swedish event
In a commitment to transparency in animal research, the European Animal Research Association (EARA) and Sweden's renowned Karolinska...
Nuno Gonçalves
Sep 26, 20232 min read
Openness in Sweden
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) and the Karolinska Institutet invite you to discuss how to improve openness in...
The European Animal Research Association
Sep 1, 20232 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
Curing horses with arthritis
Swedish researchers have successfully cured arthritic horses of their lameness, providing insights into potential human treatments....
Gege Li
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Feature: How animal studies contributed to biomedical breakthroughs in 2022
Ahead of this year’s Be Open About Animal Research Day (#BOARD23), on 15 June, which highlights how the biomedical research community...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 23, 20234 min read
‘Bioelectronics’ & brain disease
Swedish researchers have grown electrodes in the tissue of zebrafish and leeches, which could lead to mimicking technologies that can...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20231 min read
New treatment for rare brain disease
A study, on mice and patient brain tissues, sheds light on a rare disease and suggests a treatment based on routinely used blood-thinning...
Maria Vlastara
Sep 5, 20221 min read
European biomedical sector welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics for 2019, from across the...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Salamander heart study
While the human heart has a very limited capacity to regenerate itself, amphibians, such as salamanders, can easily regenerate their...
Maria Vlastara
May 23, 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
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Replacing mice to study brain cancer
Scientists at Uppsala University, Sweden, have created a new way to study brain cancer tumours and partly replace the use of mice models...
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Leukaemia treatment
Researchers in Sweden and Norway have developed a new therapy for blood cancer. The approach has the potential to spare healthy T and B...
Ana Barros
Dec 13, 20211 min read
3Rs online webinars
A series of four free events hosted by a pan-European group of 3Rs centres, will take place online from this Thursday until December....
Ana Barros
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Womb transplants
A feature article in The Scientist has revealed how, in just a decade, research using animals made possible the first human-to-human...
Ana Barros
Sep 13, 20211 min read
Brain Prize 2021
The largest annual prize for neuroscience has been awarded to four scientists for their research on migraine studies, using animal...
Ana Barros
Mar 15, 20211 min read
Eye disease in rats
Research in rats, published during Glaucoma Awareness Month, suggests potential treatments for the eye condition. Scientists at...
Ana Barros
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Parkinson’s dyskinesia drug
A new drug, which combats a side effect of a common Parkinson’s disease treatment, is entering clinical trials after successful studies...
Ana Barros
Dec 7, 20201 min read
EARA/EFPIA response to antibody recommendation
A joint report by the European Animal Research Association (EARA) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 18, 20204 min read
Feature: The vital role of antibodies in biomedical research
Antibodies, the small proteins which form a critical part of our immune response to disease, are the unsung heroes of much biomedical...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 7, 20205 min read
Animal antibodies for Covid-19
A wide variety of animals are now being used to produce and understand the antibodies that can fight against Covid-19. Human bodies fight...
Ana Barros
Jun 22, 20201 min read
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