EARA video on cancer research studies
The latest episode of EARA’s #TransparencyThursday Instagram series features Dr Tommaso Virgilio, a cancer researcher at the Institute...
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Gege Li
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Scientific awards and animal research
Two prestigious prizes have praised the work of scientists, in Switzerland and Canada, whose significant discoveries used animals in...
Gege Li
- Jan 23
- 1 min
Nasal spray heals rat brain after a stroke
A nasal spray, that delivers a shot of antibodies directly to the brain, can help to heal some of the damage caused by a stroke,...
Gege Li
- Jan 16
- 1 min
A robotic tool to study zebrafish embryos
Studying the growth and development of embryos could be improved by using robots to perform microscopic surgeries. In research,...
Gege Li
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Tumours in mice grow faster at night
The ability of an animal’s immune system to fight cancer is dependent on the time of day, according to new research using mice....
Gege Li
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Tracking immune cells in mouse tumours
Swiss researchers have found a method to monitor immune cells, in brain and breast tumours of mice, without the use of invasive cancer...
Bob Tolliday
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
Student workshop on animal research
EARA has taken part in the first workshop, held by Europe's leading universities, to show students how best to communicate about animal...
Bob Tolliday
- Sep 12, 2022
- 1 min
Toxicity testing without using fish
Swiss and Dutch scientists are working on a four-year project to replace the use of fish in toxicity testing. The project has received...
Bob Tolliday
- Aug 29, 2022
- 1 min
Insights into how a rare disease develops
Using studies in mice and patients, researchers have discovered what triggers a rare, severe autoimmune disease. ANCA-associated...
Bob Tolliday
- Jul 19, 2022
- 3 min
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
- Jun 29, 2022
- 1 min
Swiss Transparency Agreement on animal research
The biomedical community in Switzerland has signed a Swiss Transparency Agreement on Animal Research, making it the ninth worldwide and...
Maria Vlastara
- Jun 16, 2022
- 1 min
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: Case studies and articles
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022 (#BOARD22), took place on the last day of the FELASA Congress (16 June). Many institutions across...
Maria Vlastara
- May 30, 2022
- 1 min
Reversing antibiotic resistance in TB
A new treatment, studied in both in cells and mice, can counter the resistance to antibiotics of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis...
Ana Barros
- Mar 28, 2022
- 1 min
Parkinson's & animal studies
Using fruit flies and mice, a team of Swiss researchers have identified a gene which plays a role in protecting against Parkinson’s...
Ana Barros
- Mar 14, 2022
- 1 min
Brain Prize winners
The 2022 Brain Prize has been awarded to an international group of researchers for their pioneering work on how the nervous system...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 21, 2022
- 1 min
Swiss vote on ban
Voters in the Swiss referendum, calling for a ban on animal research in the country, have emphatically rejected it by 79% to 21%. It was...
Ana Barros
- Feb 14, 2022
- 1 min
Spinal implant offers promise for the paralysed
Swiss researchers have developed an implant that allows patients with a complete spinal cord injury to stand and walk again (video). The...
Ana Barros
- Jan 24, 2022
- 2 min
Swiss vote
In less than a month’s time Swiss citizens will be asked to decide whether to approve a countrywide ban on research using animals in a...
Ana Barros
- Dec 20, 2021
- 1 min
Scientists talk about their research using animals
Find out more about how leading scientists from around the world have been answering your questions about their studies using animals....
Ana Barros
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Frogs & kidney disease
Researchers at EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have found a better way to study kidney disease by using frogs. With...
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