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Continuing research on Covid-19 using animals
Two new studies using mice and hamsters are continuing in the effort to understand and deal with Covid-19. Researchers at (see video),...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 25, 20221 min read
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Toxicity testing without using animals
An article by leading scientists argues that any transition to non-animal methods in toxicology testing will need โa new paradigm for...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 25, 20221 min read
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New strategy to prevent clogged arteries
Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA, has found a new way to prevent clogged arteries. Atherosclerosis โ a condition...
Ana Barros
Apr 18, 20221 min read
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Lung diseases in mice
An international team of scientists has developed a potential treatment for two life-threatening lung conditions. Researchers at the...
Ana Barros
Apr 11, 20221 min read
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Muscle strength & animal models
Studies using mice and zebrafish, in Germany and the US, are giving insights into muscle strength and wastage in the study of muscular...
Ana Barros
Apr 4, 20221 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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