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Researchers at EARA member the University of Helsinki, Finland, have successfully trained dogs to detect Covid have joined forces to retrain scent detection dogs - used to spot diseases such as cancer - to detect Covid

(AMP) has produced some eye-catching posters and video to raise awareness on the use of animals in Covid see picture) featuring ferrets, hamsters, mice and monkeys explain how each contributed to developing vaccines And in a fascinating video AMP explores in detail how animal research led to two Covid-19 vaccines within how animal studies, mainly in rodents, led to the discovery and development of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines

from Sweden and China have discovered a molecule that could pave the way for a ground-breaking flu vaccine The flu, caused by influenza viruses , causes hundreds of thousands of deaths annually, but currently vaccines updated due to the frequent genetic changes of the viruses, making the development of a universal vaccine

Taconic Biosciences have launched a mouse model which could play an important role in the fight against Covid The modification means that the mice will display symptoms of Covid-19, making them valuable for furthering Humanised animal models have been key to understanding the action of Covid-19, as highlighted in a recent Our current wait list includes researchers from six continents, demonstrating the ongoing demand for Covid

A team of international researchers are growing miniature organs in the lab to understand how Covid-19

A new Zika vaccine has entered clinical trials in the UK, after the drug showed promising results in Researchers at EARA member the University of Manchester and the University of Liverpool, believe the new vaccine but it can also be passed on to the fetus from a pregnant mother, causing birth defects – the new vaccine The vaccine’s effect on dengue and yellow fever (two diseases that are common in the regions where Zika Dr Krishanthi Subramaniam, at Liverpool, said: “Vaccines like ours will enable us to be better prepared

test new treatments for heart disease, cancers, neurological disorders and the development of future vaccines present danger to human health, creating obstacles to, and additional expenses for, the development of vaccines and therapeutics, including for Covid-19. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine relied on preclinical data generated by BioNTech in Germany, using rhesus The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Janssen vaccine have also relied on preclinical testing with NHPs

Scientists at The Francis Crick Institute, UK, have discovered a process in mammalian stem cells that can protect against viral infection. By analysing mouse stem cells, the team found the cell machinery used to build an antiviral protein which had previously only been thought to exist in plants and insects and not mammalian cells. Using these cells to grow mini-brain organoids, the team found cells that used this machinery were protected against infection from both Zika and SARS-CoV-2 viruses, and will now develop a mouse model to understand the process in more detail. “By learning more about this process, and uncovering the secrets of our immune system we are hoping to open up new possibilities for drug development as we strive to harness our body’s natural ability to fight infection,” said group leader Caetano Reis e Sousa.

Researchers from the US have developed a cancer vaccine able to slow or halt the progression of certain The vaccine is now under review by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), after undergoing successful

research have highlighted the disagreements over the contribution of animal research in the development of vaccines -19 vaccine development. The scientific community is under pressure, pressure from the political parties on how to develop a vaccine While Mr van der Laan countered by asking how vaccine studies can be set up with no prediction of what -19 vaccine trials and to discuss the preclinical data required to support proceeding to first-in-human

Researchers in the US have found that the vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) can also shrink the tumours of The BCG vaccine has been protecting people, especially children, against TB for more than 80 years. This is because the vaccine promotes the activity of the body’s immune cells, allowing them to enter

are both on the 3Rs in coronavirus research and will discuss new strategies for the development of vaccines website, contributions are being sought from researchers on the question Is there a role for the 3Rs in Covid