3Rs awards
Prizes which recognised three innovations, that reduce the need for animals in research, have been won by scientists from China, the UK...
News from EARA
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Ana Barros
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Heart valves & zebrafish
Scientists at Imperial College London, UK, have made new discoveries about how heart valves grow and develop (see video). The team, in...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
Mini brains for progressive brain disease
Researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, have developed brain organoids from patients with a severe condition to improve...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
EARA opinion piece on phase out
EARA has called on the biomedical community to be ‘less reactive and more assertive’ in its response to calls by the European Parliament...
Ana Barros
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
UK cancer exhibition
The first-ever exhibition on cancer research in the UK, pairing patients with scientists to discuss the topic, has opened in London....
Ana Barros
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
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 4, 2021
- 1 min
New way to fight endometriosis
Research at the University of Oxford, UK, has found a potential new way to fight endometriosis - a disease that causes pain, inflammation...
Ana Barros
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
Survey on rodents in research
A survey to analyse the use and welfare of rodents in cancer research is open to collect data until the end of this month. Conducted by...
Ana Barros
- Sep 27, 2021
- 1 min
Light to kill cancer
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have found a way to target and kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells. They used...
Bob Tolliday
- Sep 27, 2021
- 1 min
Llama antibodies in Covid-19 spray
A nasal spray therapy developed in llamas, which has been shown to prevent and treat Covid-19, is now moving to clinical trials in...
Ana Barros
- Sep 6, 2021
- 1 min
Animal studies and new cholesterol jab
A new type of injection to lower cholesterol in the blood has now been approved for use both by EU and the UK. EARA member, Novartis,...
Ana Barros
- Aug 30, 2021
- 1 min
Photo prize
An image of blood vessels has won the British Heart Foundation (BHF) prize, celebrating 60 years of research funded by the charity. The...
Bob Tolliday
- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min
UAR response to MBR protests
UK advocacy group Understanding Animal Research have published an open letter in The Times in response to protests surrounding dog...
Ana Barros
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
Stem cells & Covid and Zika infections
Scientists at The Francis Crick Institute, UK, have discovered a process in mammalian stem cells that can protect against viral...
Ana Barros
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
Get ready for Get on #BOARD21
On Thursday, a 24-hour social media campaign, involving 1,000 biomedical institutions across the world, will celebrate proactive...
Bob Tolliday
- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
Antibodies for dogs
Scientists at the UK firm PetMedix, have created a system which could help make better potential new antibody medicines for dogs. In...
Bob Tolliday
- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
Primates in Covid-19 video
A behind-the-scenes video, at a facility in Louisiana, USA, has highlighted the importance of studies using monkeys in the fight against...
Bob Tolliday
- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
Missing mice in media coverage
Sloppy journalism is leading to a lack of transparency on the reporting of the use of animal models in Alzheimer’s research. A study by...
Ana Barros
- Jun 14, 2021
- 1 min
3Rs prize
Work on organoids that could replace the use of mice in some brain studies has won the UK’s major prize for non-animal methods in...
Bob Tolliday
- Jun 7, 2021
- 1 min
Space research with animals
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland, are using zebrafish to understand how humans might be able to safely reach...