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Reducing animal use in lung cancer research

Researchers in Norway have found a way to improve a non-animal method to study lung cancer, which reduces the numbers of animals needed...

Gege Li

Oct 30, 20231 min read

Swiss university prizes for non-animal methods

The UZH 3Rs Award, newly introduced by EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, which highlights its researcher's advances in...

Gege Li

Oct 23, 20231 min read

Alzheimer’s transferred to rats via gut bacteria

Memory loss and other characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease can be transferred to healthy rats by giving them gut bacteria from...

Gege Li

Oct 23, 20231 min read

Bone disease treatment works in mice

Chinese researchers have discovered that a drug currently used to treat malaria can also reverse bone loss in mice that have a serious...

Gege Li

Oct 23, 20231 min read

Monkey survives two years with pig kidney transplant

US scientists have made a breakthrough in organ transplantation, with a macaque monkey surviving for more than two years after receiving...

Nuno Gonçalves

Oct 23, 20231 min read

Mushroom microdoses & rats

Researchers in Denmark have observed reduced stress in rats after microdoses of psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in some...

Nuno Gonçalves

Oct 16, 20231 min read

Call to join US openness initiative

An initiative in the US to help bring about a future Transparency Agreement (TA), on the use of animals in research, has been launched....

Bob Tolliday

Oct 16, 20231 min read

German researchers warn of pressures to stop animal research

Scientists have spoken out about how the pressure by German authorities to prevent biomedical studies using animals is becoming...

Gege Li

Oct 13, 20232 min read

The necessity of animal research highlighted on Belgian TV

A Belgian TV programme featuring a leading researcher in neuroscience has recently presented a stimulating discussion on whether animal...

Gege Li

Oct 13, 20232 min read

A decade of dialogue – EARA gains its 150th member

The European Animal Research Association (EARA) has now welcomed its 150th member institution, and to mark this achievement, EARA senior...

Gege Li

Oct 10, 20237 min read

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