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Animals in autism research
A special report in Spectrum, detailing how a variety of animal models are used to help improve our understanding of autism, has been...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Organoid fish eyes
Scientists at Heidelberg University, Germany, have created fish eye models at the lab, paving the way to better understand retinal...
Ana Barros
Sep 13, 20211 min read
Lizards & skin cancer
A rare breed of gecko may hold answers about how skin cancer in humans and mammals. The lemon-frost yellow leopard gecko was observed by...
Ana Barros
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Space research with animals
Researchers at Queenโs University Belfast in Northern Ireland, are using zebrafish to understand how humans might be able to safely reach...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 7, 20211 min read
Feature: Why do we need to use animals in neuroscience research?
Perhaps more than in any other field of biomedical research, it is essential to use animals to understand the functions of the brain,...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 4, 20217 min read
New cancer therapy
Scientists at EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland have developed a new technology which instructs cancer cells to start...
Bob Tolliday
May 31, 20211 min read
TB study in zebrafish
Scientists at the Leiden University, Netherlands, have found a new strategy to clear away tuberculosis bacteria in zebrafish. The team...
Ana Barros
Apr 19, 20211 min read
Zebrafish & rare disease
An international collaboration co-ordinated by Eรถtvรถs Lorรกnd University, Budapest, Hungary, has developed a zebrafish model of a rare...
Ana Barros
Apr 12, 20211 min read
Imaging zebrafish for ALS research
Scientists at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Quebec, Canada, have created an imaging tool to visualise the motor...
Ana Barros
Feb 8, 20211 min read
Zebrafish stress study
Researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia, have shed light on how some of the genes react to chronic stress...
Bob Tolliday
Dec 21, 20201 min read
Effects of social distancing
Research from the EARA member the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany, has found how social-distancing and self-isolation...
Ana Barros
Dec 14, 20201 min read
Animal research & autism
Scientists in the US are using mice and zebrafish to help understand some of the symptoms experienced by people with autism, caused by a...
Ana Barros
Nov 30, 20201 min read
Scar-free healing with zebrafish
The worldโs first science programme, to identify the genes that cause scarring, has been launched in the UK and focuses on a zebrafish...
Ana Barros
Nov 30, 20201 min read
Heart research & animal models
The UK British Heart Foundation (BHF) charity has published a round-up of its current funded research to treat heart disease, including...
Ana Barros
Nov 24, 20201 min read
Refinement in fish studies
In an important refinement, scientists in the UK have found a less invasive method to collect DNA from fish species. The team at the...
Ana Barros
Nov 24, 20201 min read
Zebrafish microphotography
A stunning image of a zebrafish, used as a research animal model, has wonย Nikon's Small Worldย microphotography competition. Highlighted...
Ana Barros
Oct 19, 20201 min read
Nanoparticles in zebrafish
Research at Aarhus University, Denmark, has shown what happens to nanoparticles in the bloodstream of a living organism. Nanoparticles โ...
Ana Barros
Oct 12, 20201 min read
Zebrafish in rare kidney disease study
A collaboration between UK and Hungarian researchers has identified a gene associated with a rare kidney disease, only two cases of which...
Ana Barros
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Inside the mind of zebrafish
Scientists at Harvard University have uncovered surprising results when studying data analysing the behaviour of zebrafish larvae during...
Ana Barros
Aug 24, 20201 min read
Antibodies against neurological diseases
Researchers from EARA members the University of Zurich and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Switzerland, have found human...
Ana Barros
Aug 24, 20201 min read
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