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A robotic tool to study zebrafish embryos
Studying the growth and development of embryos could be improved by using robots to perform microscopic surgeries. In research,...
Gege Li
Jan 16, 20231 min read
Healing brain damage in zebrafish
Researchers have shown how proteins can stop scars forming in the brain, helping our understanding of how to regenerate tissue for people...
Gege Li
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Toxicity testing without using fish
Swiss and Dutch scientists are working on a four-year project to replace the use of fish in toxicity testing. The project has received...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 12, 20221 min read
Oxygen levels in fish & global warming
A study which aims to predict which species of fish are most at risk from global warming and pollution has been conducted by researchers....
Maria Vlastara
Aug 15, 20221 min read
Gene editing and the role of animal studies
EARA has published an article that looks at how gene editing technology has revolutionised the way scientists investigate the cause of...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 27, 20221 min read
German MEP laboratory animal fact-finding visit
Marlene Mortler, a German Member of the European Parliament (MEP), visited Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU).
Bob Tolliday
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Biomedical sector in Portugal welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research
The Portuguese biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of the comprehensive statistics (2019), from across the EU, on all...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 19, 20222 min read
Biomedical sector in Spain welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research
The Spanish biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics (2019), from across the EU, including...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Biomedical sector in Netherlands welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research
The Dutch biomedical research sector has welcomed the publication of comprehensive statistics (2019), from across the EU, including the...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Biomedical sector in Italy welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research
The Italian biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics (2019), from across the EU,...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Biomedical sector in France welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research
The French biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics for 2019, from across the EU,...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Zebrafish genetic atlas completed
The most comprehensive atlas of genetic data on zebrafish, has been published. The initiative, by the international DANIO-CODE...
Maria Vlastara
Jul 18, 20221 min read
Zebrafish and chemical testing
A Belgian researcher has spoken on EARAโs #TransparencyThursday Instagram series, about her research involving the use of zebrafish...
Maria Vlastara
May 30, 20221 min read
EU zebrafish proposal challenge
A successful collaboration between EARA member the European Zebrafish Society (EZS) and EARA has prevented a dramatic increase in EU...
Bob Tolliday
May 16, 20221 min read
Zebrafish feature on EARA #TransparencyThursday
The theme of the recent Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) was zebrafish and to mark it Belgian researcher Cindy Streiff answered...
Bob Tolliday
May 2, 20221 min read
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
Zebrafish and MS
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have taken a step forward in understanding multiple sclerosis (MS), using zebrafish. In MS...
Ana Barros
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Replacing mice to study brain cancer
Scientists at Uppsala University, Sweden, have created a new way to study brain cancer tumours and partly replace the use of mice models...
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Heart valves & zebrafish
Scientists at Imperial College London, UK, have made new discoveries about how heart valves grow and develop (see video). The team, in...
Ana Barros
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Light to kill cancer
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have found a way to target and kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells. They used...
Ana Barros
Sep 27, 20211 min read
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