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Rehoming lab rats in New Zealand

An article in Cosmos Magazine has looked at some of the rehoming initiatives for rats that have previously been used in biomedical...

Gege Li

Jul 1, 20242 min read

Understanding ageing with blood stem cells

Stem cells, that develop into blood cells, age differently in individual mice, a US study has found, providing new insights into how this...

Gege Li

Jul 1, 20241 min read

5% of animal studies lead to human treatments – failure or success?

A scientific review of the progress of animal studies through to human trials and drug development, which showed that just one in 20...

Nuno Gonçalves

Jun 24, 20243 min read

Rodent teeth insights for human dentistry?

Researchers in Germany have studied the tooth structure of seven different rodent species and found a material that is key to the...

Gege Li

Jun 24, 20241 min read

Explaining sex differences in pain

Males and females differ in their experience of pain due to differences in specialised nerve cells, a recent US study in mice, monkeys...

Gege Li

Jun 24, 20241 min read

New antibiotic to tackle antimicrobial resistance?

US researchers have found a new antibiotic that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, in mice, without targeting healthy gut bacteria....

Gege Li

Jun 17, 20241 min read

Animal use in rare disease research – EARA feature

EARA has published its latest feature on how animal research is used in the study of disease – this time, rare diseases, which have been...

Gege Li

Jun 17, 20241 min read

Video on dog breeding for research

A video has been published showcasing the well-being and regulations involved in the breeding of dogs for scientific research in the UK,...

Nuno Gonçalves

Jun 17, 20241 min read

Father's diet linked to metabolic disease

Recent research in mice has found a link between a father's diet and the health of offspring, revealing new ways to approach the...

Gege Li

Jun 17, 20241 min read

EARA 10th anniversary: Why EARA was founded

In 2013, a meeting was organised in Brussels by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) to discuss...

Bob Tolliday

Jun 11, 20243 min read

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