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2023 openness in animal research – EARA videos
Many researchers contributed to the EARA Instagram #TransparencyThursday Q&A series in 2023 (now on the EARA YouTube channel) where...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20232 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
Monkey research leads to revolutionary Parkinson's treatment
Animal research has paved the way for a spinal implant that has given a 62-year-old man with Parkinson's disease the ability to walk...
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 12, 20231 min read
Swiss university prizes for non-animal methods
The UZH 3Rs Award, newly introduced by EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, which highlights its researcher's advances in...
Gege Li
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Research reduces animal use in gene editing
An innovative gene editing process can reduce the number of animal experiments needed to study complex genetic diseases, according to...
Gege Li
Oct 2, 20231 min read
500 biomedical institutions in Europe have signed a National Transparency Agreement
The need to foster open and transparent communication with the general public, about the benefits to society of using animals in...
The European Animal Research Association
Sep 11, 202311 min read
Bladder cancer insights from cats & dogs
Studies on pet cats and dogs, with natural bladder cancer, have revealed important gene mutations, shared with humans which may lead to...
Gege Li
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Brain model awarded Swiss 3Rs prize
The Swiss 3Rs Competence Centre has awarded its 3Rs Young Investigators Award to a scientist developing ways to study the brain’s...
Gege Li
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Brain cell discovery in mice
A new way of communicating between different types of brain cells has been identified in mice. The discovery, by researchers at the...
Nuno Gonçalves
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Treating diabetes with music
Cells engineered to release insulin at the sound of rock music may become a new treatment for diabetes, a study in mice has found....
Gege Li
Aug 29, 20231 min read
Tours of animal facilities at Zurich
EARA member the University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland, is hosting tours of its animal facilities this summer, for its staff and...
Gege Li
Jun 28, 20231 min read
Swiss awards & 3Rs
Researchers from Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland have been recognised for their innovative work in science communication and in...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 12, 20231 min read
Brain implant treats paralysed man
Excitement, with a note of caution, has greeted the news that a paralysed man has been able to walk again thanks to a brain implant that...
Gege Li
Jun 2, 20231 min read
Podcast: animal researcher & trauma studies
A Swiss researcher has featured in a podcast describing her research on trauma using mice. Neuroscientist Professor Isabelle Mansuy...
Gege Li
May 9, 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
New methods for studying animal brains
Recent studies have successfully developed new ways to look at the brains of mice, to provide new insights and understanding. US...
Gege Li
Apr 14, 20231 min read
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...
Gege Li
Feb 20, 20231 min read
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
Feb 13, 20231 min read
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 23, 20231 min read
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
Jan 16, 20231 min read
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