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New EARA feature: Why are animals used in basic research?
EARA has published a new feature article exploring the vital role of animals in basic research and the advances in non-animal methods in this field.
Inês Serrenho
Oct 271 min read
Pill can print healing gel in rabbits’ gut
Researchers in Switzerland have developed a pill that could be guided inside the gut of rabbits and deposit a biocompatible gel, opening the door to a new type of non-invasive medical interventions.
Helena Pinheiro
Oct 271 min read
How mice’s brains respond to fear and “jump scares”
Researchers in the US have identified a previously unknown brain circuit that controls how mice respond to sudden threats and recover from fear.
Nuno Gonçalves
Oct 271 min read
EARA COMMENT: Nature highlights polarised discourse over the value of animal research
Two comment articles with opposite perspectives about the role of animals in biomedical research have been featured in Nature.
The European Animal Research Association
Oct 242 min read
Organoids mimic key kidney functions
Researchers in the US have developed lab-grown kidneys (organoids) that, for the first time, could produce urine when transplanted into mice.
Georgios Petrellis
Oct 201 min read
Families discover research at the BPRC during the Dutch Weekend of Science
The Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), an EARA Member in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, hosted around 100 visitors during the Dutch Weekend of Science.
Monique Havermans
Oct 201 min read
Keto diet prevents mood disorders in rats
Researchers in Italy have discovered that feeding young rats a high-fat, low-carbohydrate (ketogenic) diet protected them from behavioural effects of prenatal stress, suggesting that changing nutrition could prevent mood disorders.
Helena Pinheiro
Oct 201 min read
Sour environment helps pancreatic cancer in mice thrive
Researchers in Germany and Austria have discovered that the acidic environment inside tumours plays a key role in promoting cancer survival and growth.
Nuno Gonçalves
Oct 201 min read
Pregnancy turns on aggression on female mice brains
Researchers in Sweden have discovered what changes in the brain of mice that unlock the so-called maternal aggression.
Helena Pinheiro
Oct 131 min read
Alzheimer’s protein fights cancer in mice
Researchers in the US have found that amyloid beta, a hallmark in Alzheimer’s, can strengthen immune responses and reduce tumour growth in mice.
Inês Serrenho
Oct 131 min read
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