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Breaking down mercury pollutants using fruit flies and zebrafish
Researchers in Australia have genetically engineered fruit flies and zebrafish to break down a highly toxic form of mercury and turn it...
Gege Li
Mar 31 min read
Insights into inherited blindness โ zebrafish studyย
New insights into treating inherited eye diseases and blindness have been gained, byย researchers in Ireland,ย studying vision problems in...
Gege Li
Jan 131 min read
Heart has its own โbrainโ โ zebrafish study
The heart has its own nervous system to control the heartbeat, according to a study in zebrafish, which may provide new insights into...
Gege Li
Dec 16, 20241 min read
Sperm protein complex unlocks the key to life
Research from Austria has unveiled the โlock-and-keyโ mechanism of human fertilisation, using studies in zebrafish, mice, and human...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Nov 4, 20241 min read
Nanoparticle heart stimulation in animal studies
Researchers in Sweden have tested a technique, that successfully stimulated the heart in different species of animals, and could offer an...
Gege Li
Sep 9, 20241 min read
Understanding fibrosis and scarring
Researchers in Spain and Germany have developed, in human cells and zebrafish, a possible way to deal with fibrosis and scarring within...
Nuno Gonรงalves
May 7, 20241 min read
Could gene protect against muscle diseases?
Researchers in Sweden have discovered a gene found in the eye muscles that may help in the treatment of a severe muscle wasting disease....
Gege Li
Mar 25, 20241 min read
Improving zebrafish welfare in research
The UK National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) has published a report about the...
Gege Li
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Pollution & heart function study
UK researchers have used animal studies to understand the detrimental effects of specific fuel pollutants on heart function. Pollution is...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Nov 27, 20231 min read
Meeting the public at Researchers' Night
This yearโs European Researchersโ Night provided a great opportunity to talk directly to the public about the use of animals in...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 9, 20231 min read
Understanding movement & behaviour
Two separate studies in zebrafish have shed light on how the brain controls movement, providing valuable insights into behaviour and the...
Gege Li
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Zebrafish & eye development
New zebrafish research by EARA member institutions has shed light on how eyes are formed, in turn providing key insights into...
Gege Li
Aug 21, 20231 min read
Zebrafish insights into rare disease linked to cancer
UK researchers have discovered a potential treatment for a rare genetic bone marrow disorder linked to blood cancers. GATA2 deficiency is...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 10, 20231 min read
Zebrafish and brain cancer โ video
Zebrafish research by the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, has highlighted the contribution of these fish to finding treatments, for...
Gege Li
Jul 3, 20231 min read
The immune system in zebrafish
A phenomenon that occurs in the immune system of zebrafish has been witnessed for the first time by US researchers. Using imaging...
Gege Li
Jun 22, 20231 min read
How zebrafish contribute to biomedical research
EARA has published a feature article on the use of zebrafish in biomedical research and their increasing use over other animals. The...
Gege Li
Apr 11, 20231 min read
Brain Prize & animal studies
This yearโs prestigious Brain Prize has gone to three neuroscientists, who have all used animal research in their pioneering discoveries....
Gege Li
Mar 27, 20231 min read
โBioelectronicsโ & brain disease
Swedish researchers have grown electrodes in the tissue of zebrafish and leeches, which could lead to mimicking technologies that can...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20231 min read
โTasteโ neurons & meningitis
Brain neurons involved in detecting bitter tastes can help to fight off bacterial infections, according to a study in zebrafish. Work by...
Gege Li
Feb 20, 20231 min read
Treating eye disorders using animals
Two studies in the US have uncovered new ways to study and treat conditions of the eye, based on research in mice, monkeys and zebrafish....
Gege Li
Jan 23, 20231 min read
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