Fruit flies & eye disease
Research in Portugal has taken a step forward in understanding blindness, through the eyes of fruit flies. Retinitis Pigmentosa – an eye...
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Ana Barros
- Jan 4, 2022
- 1 min
Trust in scientists
A worldwide survey on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has shown a strong increase in trust in science and scientists since 2018. The...
Ana Barros
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
Sex selection & gene editing
A method of gene-editing that can produce single-sex litters of mice could prove a major boost to animal welfare in scientific research...
Ana Barros
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
UAR Openness Awards
The annual Openness Awards, hosted by Understanding Animal Research, UK, took place in person last week, rewarding excellent examples of...
Ana Barros
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
EARA at Oxford webinar
An online event, tomorrow (7 Dec) to discuss developments in 3Rs practices will also feature a talk by EARA Executive Director, Kirk...
Ana Barros
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
EARA at events in Portugal
EARA will take part in a discussion on the recent vote by the EU Parliament to end animal research, and its potential impact in Europe,...
Ana Barros
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Climate change & animal research
Marking the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK, have has highlighted some ways that animal research...
Ana Barros
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Alzheimer’s & human data
Using human data, scientists at University of Cambridge, UK, have found that Alzheimer’s progresses in a different way than previously...
Ana Barros
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Guardian video
UK newspaper, The Guardian, has explored some of the common questions about animal research in a new video. Journalist Richard Sprenger...
Ana Barros
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
3Rs awards
Prizes which recognised three innovations, that reduce the need for animals in research, have been won by scientists from China, the UK...
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,...
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