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Primate lab at online festival
The chance for a behind-the-scenes look at an Oxford University primate lab will be on offer at an online event next week (5 October)....
Ana Barros
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Repurposed drug for blood cancer patients
A drug commonly used to treat arthritis may help treat some blood cancers, a new UK study has found. A collaboration between the...
Ana Barros
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Zebrafish in rare kidney disease study
A collaboration between UK and Hungarian researchers has identified a gene associated with a rare kidney disease, only two cases of which...
Ana Barros
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Waste food used in eye research
Pig eyes, common waste products of the food industry, are being used by scientists to help improve treatment and research into human eye...
Ana Barros
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Organoid research secures funding
A research project aiming to confirm ‘mini-organs’ as good models to study human biology has won EU funding. The HCA|Organoid initiative,...
Ana Barros
Sep 7, 20201 min read
3Rs in Covid-19 debate
Two live webinars on the 3Rs in coronavirus research have highlighted the disagreements over the contribution of animal research in the...
Ana Barros
Aug 29, 20203 min read
Podcast on animal research
EARA board member Wendy Jarrett has spoken to the Research Comms podcast about the importance of animals in research. Wendy, CEO of the...
Ana Barros
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Zebrafish & brain disorders
A maze experiment has shown that zebrafish could be a useful model for human performance in decision-making tasks. Researchers from the...
Ana Barros
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Fruit flies & cancer
Research from Oxford University, UK, has found a new potential way to fight cancer in studies with fruit flies. The team, funded by...
Ana Barros
Aug 3, 20201 min read
UK animal use stats
The UK government has released its 2019 annual statistics on animals used in scientific procedures. The figures show that 3,401,517...
Ana Barros
Jul 20, 20201 min read
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
EARA communications event at FENS
The EARA Special Interest Event at the Virtual FENS Forum, last week, highlighted the importance of a proactive approach on communicating...
Ana Barros
Jul 17, 20202 min read
Virtual lab tours
With in-person laboratory tours impossible at present, virtual tours to engage with the public are showing their value. An article in The...
Ana Barros
Jun 29, 20201 min read
3Rs award UK
A Cambridge scientist has been awarded a prestigious 3Rs prize for their innovative methods in basic research. The 3Rs Prize, sponsored...
Ana Barros
Jun 15, 20201 min read
EARA in the media
A podcast by Undark magazine has looked into the hidden cost of failing to engage with the public on the use of animals in research....
Ana Barros
Jun 8, 202016 min read
Booklets for children
SECAL, the Spanish Society for Laboratory Animal Sciences, has developed a series of teaching booklets, aimed at children, on research...
Ana Barros
Jun 7, 20201 min read
EARA at FENS
EARA will be hosting a live-streamed Special Interest Event at the first ever online conference of the Federation of European...
Ana Barros
Jun 1, 20201 min read
Covid-19 research using monkeys
In the research to combat Covid-19, one of the most important, and in demand, animals to use as models for understanding the virus, and...
Ana Barros
May 26, 20204 min read
Animal studies and Covid-19 origins
Animal experiments, cell studies and computational models are being used by researchers around the world to find the origins of the...
Ana Barros
May 26, 20201 min read
Alzheimer's new treatment target
Scientists in Portugal have found a genetic sequence in mice that could be a new treatment target for Alzheimer’s disease. The team from...
Ana Barros
May 18, 20201 min read
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