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Neuroscience research awards

A recently announced contest on neuroscience and brain research is now open to high schools. The Neuroscience Research Award aims to...

Gege Li

Mar 17, 20231 min read

‘Bioelectronics’ & brain disease

Swedish researchers have grown electrodes in the tissue of zebrafish and leeches, which could lead to mimicking technologies that can...

Gege Li

Mar 13, 20231 min read

Injection to treat endometriosis

An antibody can relieve some of the key symptoms of a painful disorder when given to monkeys, researchers have found. Endometriosis is a...

Gege Li

Mar 13, 20231 min read

Alpaca antibodies protect crops

Crops can be made resistant to disease by giving them antibodies derived from alpacas. Researchers at the University of East Anglia, UK,...

Gege Li

Mar 13, 20231 min read

FDA Modernization Act 2.0 – what, if anything, has changed in US regulations?

New legislation in the US has been hailed by animal rights groups as a ban on animal testing – in reality, very little has changed. EARA...

The European Animal Research Association

Mar 9, 20236 min read

Blocking brain diseases in fruit flies

The death of nerve cells in the brain, common in motor neuron disease (MND) and dementia (FTD), can be blocked by feeding fruit flies a...

Gege Li

Mar 6, 20231 min read

Science blog for French schoolchildren

The latest episode of EARA’s Let’s Talk SciComm YouTube series features Dr Valentine Bouet, a teacher-researcher at the University of...

Gege Li

Mar 6, 20231 min read

Microplastics pass to rat offspring

Microscopic plastic particles in the environment can pass from pregnant rats to their unborn offspring, potentially harming their...

Gege Li

Mar 6, 20231 min read

Device to help stroke patients

Patients paralysed by a stroke have regained temporary movement in their arms and hands, thanks to an innovative electrical device....

Gege Li

Feb 27, 20231 min read

How pig studies aid biomedical research

EARA has published a feature article on the use of pigs in biomedical research summarising the role they have played in scientific and...

Gege Li

Feb 27, 20231 min read

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