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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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Animal-free skin test
The first complete skin sensitisation test, without using animals, has been approved for international use. The Organisation for Economic...
Ana Barros
Jul 26, 20211 min read
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Smartwatch delivers insulin
Researchers at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a device which can control the release of insulin through a smartwatch....
Ana Barros
Jun 14, 20211 min read
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New cancer therapy
Scientists at EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland have developed a new technology which instructs cancer cells to start...
Bob Tolliday
May 31, 20211 min read
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Scientists in Switzerland talk about their research using animals
EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...
Ana Barros
May 8, 20211 min read
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Improving mouse welfare
Scientists at EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have reported on a new way to administer drugs to mice without...
Ana Barros
Apr 5, 20211 min read
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Metabolism of lung tumours
Research in Switzerland has revealed a new way to stop lung cancer tumours from becoming resistant to treatment. A tumour consists of...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 29, 20211 min read
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Prostate cancer organoids
Researchers at the University of Bern, Switzerland, have developed an organoid model to help find personalised drug treatments for...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 15, 20211 min read
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EARA growth
The European Animal Research Association (EARA), founded just seven years ago, has recently become the biggest advocacy organisation on...
Ana Barros
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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Sharing research on social media
Scientists around the world, working to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, are documenting their work on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram using...
Ana Barros
Nov 16, 20201 min read
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Monkey shortage for Covid-19 research
EARA has taken action to support the biomedical sector over the growing shortage of purpose-bred macaque monkeys, used in Covid-19 and...
Ana Barros
Nov 9, 20202 min read
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New way to target brain tumours
Researchers, including EARA member the University of Zurich, have found a potential new treatment for aggressive brain tumours, using...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 19, 20201 min read
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Fruit fly nanomaterial
Scientists from Switzerland and Russia have developed a microscopic material mimicking the protective layer of a fruit fly eye. The...
Ana Barros
Oct 19, 20201 min read
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Antibodies & tumours
Researchers, including EARA member the University of Zurich, have found a potential new treatment for aggressive brain tumours, using...
Ana Barros
Oct 19, 20201 min read
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EARA media training workshops
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) will hold four online media training sessions in November, with the support of the...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 8, 20201 min read
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Organoid research secures funding
A research project aiming to confirm โmini-organsโ as good models to study human biology has won EU funding. The HCA|Organoid initiative,...
Ana Barros
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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Antibodies against neurological diseases
Researchers from EARA members the University of Zurich and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Switzerland, have found human...
Ana Barros
Aug 24, 20201 min read
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EU survey
European researchers have confirmed the importance of using animals to the success of their studies, in a major EU survey. The Joint...
Ana Barros
Jul 20, 20201 min read
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Swiss advocacy group rebrands
EARA Member, the Basel Declaration Society, based in Switzerland, has rebranded as Animal Research Tomorrow. The organisation now has a...
Ana Barros
Jun 22, 20201 min read
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Error as learning strategy in rats
Research on rodents suggests that making different decisions faced with equal challenges could confirm that error is an in-built part of...
Ana Barros
Jun 8, 20201 min read
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Responses needed for survey on rodent surgery
Swiss researchers are looking for responses to a survey looking at the challenges and pitfalls of experimental surgery in rodents. The...
Ana Barros
May 11, 20201 min read
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