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EARA feature – Animals in cancer studies

EARA has published a new feature article looking at the use of animals in cancer research, and the breakthroughs in understanding and...

Gege Li

May 29, 20231 min read

‘Striking’ gel to treat brain tumours

A gel, that can kill hard-to-reach cancer cells, has successfully cured mice of an aggressive type of brain tumour, giving hope it could...

Gege Li

May 29, 20231 min read

Treating inflammatory disease

A newly discovered protein structure involved in the immune response in mice may hold clues to preventing inflammatory diseases, a recent...

Gege Li

May 29, 20231 min read

EARA statement: Major implications for public health & biomedical research from phase-out petition

The European Animal Research Association (EARA) is deeply concerned by the implications for public health and biomedical research of...

The European Animal Research Association

May 25, 20233 min read

Insights into weight loss in cancer patients

Using mice and human tissues, researchers have identified a possible way to stop, or slow down, a common wasting syndrome in cancer...

Gege Li

May 22, 20231 min read

Gel could replace mice in cell studies

Researchers have developed a synthetic gel that behaves like skin, which could replace a substance currently made from mouse cells for...

Gege Li

May 22, 20231 min read

Organoids & chip alternatives developed

Two recent studies have shown progress in the search for non-animal alternatives to research into blood clotting and the heart. In what...

Gege Li

May 22, 20231 min read

Oral mRNA vaccine progress stalls

A project to deliver mRNA vaccines in oral form will not go ahead following an early-stage study in mice. BioNTech, the German company...

Gege Li

May 22, 20231 min read

How the gut affects the brain, using mice

In a Q&A interview for the European Parliament, a leading neuroscientist has highlighted how signals between gut bacteria and the brain...

Gege Li

May 15, 20231 min read

Animal studies & Covid-19 organ injury

A study in mice has identified ways to reduce the damage done to organs by the Covid-19 virus. Covid-19 can sometimes cause a severe...

Gege Li

May 15, 20231 min read

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