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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.

Other pages in this section explain more about EARA on social media and practical information for journalists.

Feature: Why do we need to use animals in neuroscience research?

Bob Tolliday

Jun 4, 2021
7 min

Feature: Why do we need to use animals in neuroscience research?

Perhaps more than in any other field of biomedical research, it is essential to use animals to understand the functions of the brain,...

Bob Tolliday

Jun 4, 2021
1 min

Getting vaccine facts straight

EARA has publicly challenged the false claims, about Covid-19 vaccine testing, made in the media by animal rights activists. In a letter...

Ana Barros

May 28, 2021
1 min

EARA letter in the Times

EARA executive director, Kirk Leech, has responded (today 28 May 2021) to an opinion piece in The Times from UK actress Joanna Lumley...

Opinion: Trying to make sense of animal sentience – the first task for the UK Parliament

Bob Tolliday

May 20, 2021
4 min

Opinion: Trying to make sense of animal sentience – the first task for the UK Parliament

The UK government’s proposal to legislate on what constitutes a ‘sentient being’ could create more problems than it solves. Ann Furedi,...

Ana Barros

May 10, 2021
1 min

Depression & swimming mice

A new article highlights the importance of using animal models in the search for more effective antidepressant drugs. Currently,...

Bob Tolliday

May 3, 2021
1 min

Leukaemia discovery

Scientists at the University of Cambridge, UK, have developed a new technique to kill cancer cells by targeting an enzyme believed to...

Ana Barros

Apr 26, 2021
1 min

First effective jab for malaria

Researchers at the Jenner Institute of Oxford University, UK, have developed the first malaria vaccine that meets international standards...

Ana Barros

Apr 5, 2021
1 min

Ricky Gervais

While international celebrity, and animal activist, Ricky Gervais has been happy to encourage people to take a Covid-19 jab, he has been...

Ana Barros

Mar 22, 2021
1 min

Animals & Covid-19

As concerns grow over whether animals could continue to infect humans or other animals, Covid-19 researchers are seeking to identify...

Ana Barros

Mar 15, 2021
1 min

Brain Prize 2021

The largest annual prize for neuroscience has been awarded to four scientists for their research on migraine studies, using animal...

Ana Barros

Mar 8, 2021
1 min

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, 2021
1 min

Fruit flies & cancer

A UK based start-up is to use fruit flies as cancer avatars to help identify personalised treatments for patients with the disease. Vivan...

Bob Tolliday

Feb 22, 2021
1 min

New podcast - lab staff

A new podcast series from Imperial College London, UK, explores the experiences of lab staff at in its animal units, and the...

Bob Tolliday

Feb 22, 2021
1 min

Apply for 3Rs prize

The deadline is approaching to apply for a £30,000 award for work that has had a major impact on the 3Rs in animal research. The annual...

China's ban on research monkey exports hits vaccine testing

Bob Tolliday

Feb 18, 2021
6 min

China's ban on research monkey exports hits vaccine testing

An article has appeared in the Spanish publication Quo setting out the concerns of the European biomedical community about the current...

Ana Barros

Feb 15, 2021
1 min

UK animal research ethics event

A free webinar addressing the legal and ethical issues around animal research in the UK takes place later this month. The UK Research...

Ana Barros

Feb 15, 2021
1 min

Covid-19 myths

UK animal research advocacy group Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published an article dispelling the falsehoods being spread...

Fears rise on China research monkey export ban - UnHerd magazine

Bob Tolliday

Feb 8, 2021
1 min

Fears rise on China research monkey export ban - UnHerd magazine

An article highlighting the implications of the increasing shortages of monkeys for European and US biomedical research, has been...

Ana Barros

Feb 8, 2021
1 min

The origin of language and memory

Researchers from the Newcastle University, UK, have found a link between the development of communication and memory in human and primate...

Ana Barros

Jan 25, 2021
1 min

MND breakthrough

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have discovered a way in which neurons can be repaired, so as to stop muscle wastage in...