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Animal studies in new cancer treatment

A cancer drug, first tested in mice, has successfully stopped the growth of cancer in patients with untreatable conditions. The drug...

Gege Li

Apr 3, 20231 min read

Institutions in Portugal urged to join Transparency Agreement

Portuguese institutions, both public and private, as well as patient associations, attended an EARA meeting in Lisbon last week to...

Bob Tolliday

Apr 3, 20231 min read

NZ animal research openness report

New Zealand’s Openness Agreement has published its first annual report about its signatories' activities to bring greater awareness to...

Bob Tolliday

Apr 3, 20231 min read

Reversing diabetes in monkeys

US researchers have developed a new way to reverse type 1 diabetes in monkeys, raising the possibility of a more effective cure for the...

Gege Li

Mar 27, 20231 min read

Brain Prize & animal studies

This year’s prestigious Brain Prize has gone to three neuroscientists, who have all used animal research in their pioneering discoveries....

Gege Li

Mar 27, 20231 min read

Pill success to treat dengue fever

A pill targeted at the dengue virus has successfully treated and prevented infection in mice and monkeys. Dengue fever, is a viral...

Gege Li

Mar 27, 20231 min read

Animal research awareness days

Institutions and researchers around the world have been invited to take part in BRAD, the biomedical research awareness day, on 20 April,...

Bob Tolliday

Mar 27, 20231 min read

Anxiety is similar in dogs and humans

Dogs with anxiety have similar behaviours and brain changes as humans with the condition, new research has found. The study at EARA...

Gege Li

Mar 17, 20231 min read

Phase-out of European animal research is ‘unrealistic’

The European Brain Council (EBC) has published a statement in support of the importance of using animals in research studies. The...

Bob Tolliday

Mar 17, 20231 min read

A direct cause of epilepsy

The activation of immune cells in the brain is directly linked to the development of seizures in epilepsy, a recent US study in fruit...

Gege Li

Mar 17, 20231 min read

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