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Harmful effects of drug promoted by Trump
Testing using rabbits and guinea pigs has flagged up the harmful effects of a drug once considered a potential treatment for Covid-19....
Ana Barros
Jun 22, 20201 min read
Animal antibodies for Covid-19
A wide variety of animals are now being used to produce and understand the antibodies that can fight against Covid-19. Human bodies fight...
Ana Barros
Jun 22, 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
Insulin developed from sea snails
Insulin developed from the venom of a predatory sea snail could create more effective and safer diabetes treatment, according to an...
Ana Barros
Jun 8, 20201 min read
Humanised mice
A team of US scientists has produced a method which greatly increases the production of mature human cells in mouse embryos. The work...
Ana Barros
Jun 1, 20201 min read
Podcast on EARA & EU regulations
EARA board member Javier Guillén is the latest guest on the popular Lab Rat Chat podcast, sponsored by Americans for Medical Progress....
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
Zebrafish & regenerative medicine
Two separate studies, using zebrafish, are helping to give greater insights into how cells regrow in different parts of the body. At...
Ana Barros
May 26, 20201 min read
Studies make progress in fight against malaria
A new way to help control the spread of malaria has been found by researchers, while a separate study has developed a new malaria...
Ana Barros
May 11, 20201 min read
Llama antibodies could help combat Covid-19
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, have found that antibodies taken from a llama are some of the first to...
Ana Barros
May 11, 20201 min read
Ebola drug speeds up recovery from Covid-19
A US-led clinical trial of a candidate treatment for Covid-19 has been shown to speed up recovery. Remdesivir, made by Gilead Sciences,...
Ana Barros
May 4, 20201 min read
EARA supports call to end embargo by transport providers in the UK and US on animal research
For immediate release 26/03/2020: Further information contact EARA Communications Manager, Bob Tolliday, o26+44 (0)7970 132801 The...
Ana Barros
Mar 26, 20203 min read
Virologist warns against a 'quick fix' for Covid-19 vaccine
An opinion piece in Nature has called on scientists not to skip testing in animal models and maintain safety checks in the development of...
Ana Barros
Mar 24, 20201 min read
Pioneering transplant that tricks the immune system
Scientists have successfully transplanted the leg from a brown rat to a white rat, using a technique that tricks the body into accepting...
Ana Barros
Mar 22, 20201 min read
Coronavirus: The search for an animal model to study coronavirus
Scientists around the world are in a race to find the animal species that is the most suitable to use in tests for a Covid-19 virus...
Ana Barros
Mar 9, 20201 min read
‘Human body’ on a chip to help drug development
Scientists at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Harvard University, USA, have created organs-on-a chip that may be a better predictor of...
Ana Barros
Feb 17, 20201 min read
Podcasts communicating on research
Podcasts aimed at explaining about biomedical research and the use of animals and the 3Rs are cropping up online and via Twitter. Lab...
Ana Barros
Feb 17, 20201 min read
Coronavirus: Animal testing plays part in the race to find a vaccine
As the Chinese coronavirus spreads, scientists around the world are working non-stop to find a vaccine and animal models are a vital part...
Ana Barros
Feb 10, 20201 min read
Harvard scientist calls U.S. airlines’ refusal to carry animals ‘threat to American healthcare’.
This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal 17/09/2019, written by Richard T. Born, Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard...
Ana Barros
Nov 18, 20194 min read
Drug trial breakthrough shows that Ebola is ‘no longer incurable’
EARA Executive Director, Kirk Leech, looks at the remarkable progress in biomedical research in the search for a cure for Ebola virus...
Ana Barros
Sep 17, 20194 min read
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