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Treatment to eliminate cancer tumours
A treatment produced by US researchers can eliminate late-stage cancer tumours in mice in as little as six days. The treatment is...
Ana Barros
Mar 21, 20221 min read
Brain Prize winners
The 2022 Brain Prize has been awarded to an international group of researchers for their pioneering work on how the nervous system...
Ana Barros
Mar 14, 20221 min read
First heart & thymus transplant
A baby has received a combined heart and thymus transplant in pioneering surgery at Duke University Hospital, North Carolina, USA. Easton...
Ana Barros
Mar 14, 20221 min read
Virtual events in March
An event on Culture of Care and Responsible Research is taking place virtualy this week. Hosted by the University Hospital Jena, Germany,...
Ana Barros
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Neuralink response
Elon Muskโs Neuralink has said that claims that monkeys were mistreated during research are โmisleadingโ. Neuralink, and the California...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Controlling brain activity
US scientists have been able to activate cells in the brain using sound waves, in a move that could benefit treatment of conditions such...
Ana Barros
Feb 14, 20221 min read
EARA global membership
EARA has welcomed three new organisations this month to its membership and also begun a new phase in its progress. EARA is now accepting...
Ana Barros
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Regrowing frog limbs
US scientists have regrown the legs of frogs after a brief drug treatment, marking a significant advance for regenerative medicine. The...
Ana Barros
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Cystic fibrosis & mice studies
A team at La Jolla Institute for Immunology, California, US, has found a new way to improve survival of mice with cystic fibrosis (CF), a...
Ana Barros
Jan 24, 20221 min read
Pig-to-human heart transplants
News about the first pig-to-human heart transplant has made headlines across the world, including discussion about the ethics of such a...
Ana Barros
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Nanoparticles to deliver drugs
A new tool, developed by US researchers, could help to measure how effectively nanoparticles can deliver drugs to a patientโs cells....
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Nasal Covid-19 vaccines
Scientists from the Yale School of Medicine, USA, have found that nasal vaccines could potentially provide better protection against new...
Ana Barros
Jan 3, 20221 min read
Researchers on Instagram in 2021
This year on EARA Intagram, we saw more scientists than ever, coming forward publicly to answer questions about their research using...
Ana Barros
Dec 27, 20211 min read
Treating heart failure
Researchers in Germany have found a way to improve the treatment of heart failure, using a combination of animal studies and new approach...
Ana Barros
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Reproducibility issue in cancer biology
An eight-year study by researchers in the US has found that fewer than half of the most influential cancer biology experiments of the...
Ana Barros
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Lyme disease vaccine
Scientists at Yale University School of Medicine, USA, have developed a vaccine against Lyme disease, based on the same technology used...
Ana Barros
Dec 6, 20211 min read
HIV and CRISPR
Two new potential therapies to fight HIV have been welcomed as World AIDS Day was marked last week. Researchers at Temple University,...
Ana Barros
Dec 6, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
Therapy for a rare condition in children
After 30 years of research, a therapy has been approved to treat a rare condition that leaves children susceptible to seemingly harmless...
Ana Barros
Nov 8, 20211 min read
New #TransparencyThursday
A leading scientist on anxiety disorders, will be answering questions about her research using animals as part of EARAโs...
Ana Barros
Oct 25, 20211 min read
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