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Replacing monkeys with pigs inย testing
A โฌ17.5m EU project is seeking to identify where pigs could replace monkeys in safety testing. The NHPig ย project is a five-year...
Gege Li
Dec 23, 20242 min read
Reducing mice use with ultrasound
A UK institute has used ultrasound ย to more accurately pinpoint pregnancy in mice, which could lead to a reduction in the numbersย used...
Gege Li
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Treating bowel disease using caterpillars
A recent interview ย has highlighted the emerging value of caterpillars to the study of diseases of the intestines and how this...
Gege Li
Aug 27, 20241 min read
Stress-free mice weighing with computer vision
Research from the US has developed a new non-invasive method to effectively weigh mice using computer vision, enhancing animal welfare in...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 19, 20241 min read
Sheep studies on new biomaterials
Using sheep, separate studies from France and the US have uncovered potential biomaterial treatments for heart disease and cartilage...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Swiss 3Rs centre announces annual awardees
The Swiss 3RCC has announced the recipients of its annual awards, recognising outstanding contributions to the 3Rs of animal research.
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jul 8, 20241 min read
Rehoming lab rats in New Zealand
An articleย in Cosmos Magazineย has looked at some of the rehoming initiatives for rats that have previously been used in biomedical...
Gege Li
Jul 1, 20242 min read
5% of animal studies lead to human treatments โ failure or success?
A scientific review of the progress of animal studies through to human trials and drug development, which showed that just one in 20...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jun 24, 20243 min read
Scicomm awards for animal research
Innovative communications initiatives by researchers, as well as projects to replace and reduce the use of animals, have been recognised...
Gege Li
May 20, 20241 min read
Lab-grown lungs in toxicology testing?
Scientists in the UK have developed human lung organoids that can mimic the responses of a living person to nanomaterial exposure,...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Apr 28, 20241 min read
Swiss university hub to improve research animal welfare
ETH Zurich has recently launchedย an initiative that brings together its activities and knowledge on the 3Rs principles, to establish...
Gege Li
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Call to take part in animal care survey
A European research network has launched a survey, aimed at animal care staff and lab technicians, to gain an insight into their...
Gege Li
Mar 18, 20241 min read
EARA Participation at the 2nd CAM Conference
EARA participated in the 2nd CAM Conference, a two-day scientific meeting hosted by the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nรผrnberg...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Feb 5, 20241 min read
Reducing animal use through reuse
Researchers in Spain have developed an online platform aimed at helping to reduce the use of animals and speed up biomedical research....
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 31, 20241 min read
Mini-experiments could reduce animal use
A new way to design experiments could reduce the overall number of animals used in biomedical research, a German study has suggested.
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20241 min read
Improving zebrafish welfare in research
The UK National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) has published a report about the...
Gege Li
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Is 'Rat Trap' a fair summary of why we use animals in research?
n her new book, author Pandora Pound sets out why the scientifically accepted justification for using animals in biomedical research is...
The European Animal Research Association
Nov 17, 20234 min read
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
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
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