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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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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
Oct 4, 20211 min read
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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...
Ana Barros
Sep 27, 20211 min read
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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...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 27, 20211 min read
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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
Sep 6, 20211 min read
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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...
Ana Barros
Aug 30, 20211 min read
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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...
Bob Tolliday
Aug 23, 20211 min read
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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
Jul 19, 20211 min read
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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...
Ana Barros
Jun 29, 20213 min read
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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, 20211 min read
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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, 20211 min read
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Missing mice in media coverage
Sloppy journalism is leading to a lack of transparency on the reporting of the use of animal models in Alzheimerโs research. A study by...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 21, 20211 min read
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3Rs prize
Work on organoids that could replace the use of mice in some brain studies has won the UKโs major prize for non-animal methods in...
Ana Barros
Jun 14, 20211 min read
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Space research with animals
Researchers at Queenโs University Belfast in Northern Ireland, are using zebrafish to understand how humans might be able to safely reach...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 7, 20211 min read
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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, 20217 min read
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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...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 4, 20211 min read
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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...
Ana Barros
May 28, 20211 min read
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Opinion: Trying to make sense of animal sentience โ the first task for the UK Parliament
The UK governmentโs proposal to legislate on what constitutes a โsentient beingโ could create more problems than it solves. Ann Furedi,...
Bob Tolliday
May 20, 20214 min read
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Depression & swimming mice
A new article highlights the importance of using animal models in the search for more effective antidepressant drugs. Currently,...
Ana Barros
May 10, 20211 min read
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Leukaemia discovery
Scientists at the University of Cambridge, UK, have developed a new technique to kill cancer cells by targeting an enzyme believed to...
Bob Tolliday
May 3, 20211 min read
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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 26, 20211 min read
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