top of page

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.
Search


Rodent study to treat cataracts
US researchers have used ground squirrels and rats to identify a protein that can reverse cataracts in the eye, which may lead to...
Gege Li
Sep 30, 20241 min read


Monoclonal antibodies tackle major health threats
Studies from the UK and US have shown how antibodies are being used against some of the world’s most challenging health problems – ...
Gege Li
Sep 23, 20242 min read


Understanding what makes us sneeze and cough
US research, using mice, has examined which neurons in our airways trigger different sneezing and coughing reflexes. Sneezing and...
Nuno Gonçalves
Sep 23, 20241 min read


Research on tadpoles to help intensive care patients
Using a drug approved for Alzheimer’s, US researchers have put tadpoles into a hibernation-like state and may have found a way to help...
Gege Li
Sep 9, 20241 min read


Healing wounds with roundworms
Proteins produced by parasitic roundworms could offer a better way to heal skin wounds without leaving scars, a new US study has found....
Gege Li
Sep 2, 20241 min read


Insights into treating long Covid
US studies, using animals, have uncovered new information about the long-term effects of Covid-19 and the health complications it can...
Gege Li
Aug 27, 20242 min read


Stress-free mice weighing with computer vision
Research from the US has developed a new non-invasive method to effectively weigh mice using computer vision, enhancing animal welfare in...
Nuno Gonçalves
Aug 19, 20241 min read


Accelerating drug discovery in animals
Biotechnology companies are increasingly looking to large-scale animal studies, that can test multiple potential treatments at once, to...
Gege Li
Aug 19, 20241 min read


Sheep studies on new biomaterials
Using sheep, separate studies from France and the US have uncovered potential biomaterial treatments for heart disease and cartilage...
Nuno Gonçalves
Aug 12, 20242 min read


Monkey study for treating Parkinson’s
Researchers in the US have delivered human neurons, that are damaged in Parkinson’s, into monkeys as a new approach for treating the...
Gege Li
Aug 5, 20241 min read


Animal study insights into bird flu
Following an outbreak of bird flu in cattle, researchers are trying understand the potential of the disease to cause infection in humans.
Bob Tolliday
Jul 23, 20241 min read


Tackling memory loss with mice studies
Two separate studies, both performed in mice, are bringing insights into ways to combat memory loss in humans.
Nuno Gonçalves
Jul 23, 20241 min read


Pill hope to treat sickle cell disease
A drug to treat sickle cell disease has performed well in mice and monkeys, overcoming some of the limitations of current treatments.
Gege Li
Jul 15, 20241 min read


Understanding ageing with blood stem cells
Stem cells, that develop into blood cells, age differently in individual mice, a US study has found, providing new insights into how this...
Gege Li
Jul 1, 20241 min read


Explaining sex differences in pain
Males and females differ in their experience of pain due to differences in specialised nerve cells, a recent US study in mice, monkeys...
Gege Li
Jun 24, 20241 min read


New antibiotic to tackle antimicrobial resistance?
US researchers have found a new antibiotic that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, in mice, without targeting healthy gut bacteria....
Gege Li
Jun 17, 20241 min read


How gut bacteria affect health, using mice
Two US studies have used mice to shed light on the remarkable effects of gut bacteria, both on improving cancer treatment and in the...
Gege Li
Jun 10, 20242 min read


Progress in treating diabetes
Animal studies from Australia and the US have developed new ways to manage and effectively treat type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an...
Gege Li
Jun 3, 20242 min read


HIV vaccine approach shows promise
A US strategy for developing a vaccine for HIV, based on training the immune system, is providing hope for an effective future treatment....
Gege Li
May 28, 20241 min read


US rat studies set new hope for rare brain disease
Research at Stanford University, California, is making progress to understand a rare genetic brain disease and develop potential...
Nuno Gonçalves
May 7, 20241 min read
bottom of page

