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Non-animal toxicity tests
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has approved a new test guideline (TG) which offers a non-animal...
Bob Tolliday
May 23, 20221 min read
The future of experimental models in biomedical research
A webinar will be held this week to discuss a UK public research body report into the current use of different models in biomedical...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 25, 20221 min read
EU report on alternatives to animal testing
The EUโs Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a status report on alternatives to animal testing. The annual report of the EU...
Ana Barros
Apr 18, 20221 min read
#TransparencyThursday
A leading scientist in Germany has spoken about his research involving the use of animals for EARAโs #TransparencyThursday Q&A series on...
Ana Barros
Apr 4, 20221 min read
3Rs conference grants
Conference grants for students and early career researchers are being offered by the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to...
Ana Barros
Mar 14, 20221 min read
EARA press release on Commission phase-out statement
For immediate release 01/03/2022: For further information contact EARA Communications Manager, Bob Tolliday btolliday@eara.eu on +44...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 1, 20224 min read
Apply for 3Rs prize
The annual UK NC3Rs prize, calling for excellent examples of replacement, reduction and refinement in the use of animals in research, is...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Heart cells
Dutch scientists have found a way to improve the study of heart disease by growing human heart cells on a massive scale (see video). The...
Ana Barros
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Free webinar
An online free event takes place next week to discuss animal suffering in science. The webinar, co-organised by the European Federation...
Ana Barros
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Replacing mice to study brain cancer
Scientists at Uppsala University, Sweden, have created a new way to study brain cancer tumours and partly replace the use of mice models...
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Researchers on Instagram in 2021
This year on EARA Intagram, we saw more scientists than ever, coming forward publicly to answer questions about their research using...
Ana Barros
Dec 27, 20211 min read
Science communicator needed in Belgium
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) and the Belgian Council for Laboratory Animal Science (BCLAS) are looking for a science...
Ana Barros
Dec 27, 20211 min read
3Rs improvement in rodent studies
Scientists from the Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Olomouc, Czechia, have developed a less stressful and painful way...
Ana Barros
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Scientists talk about their research using animals
Find out more about how leading scientists from around the world have been answering your questions about their studies using animals. ...
Ana Barros
Dec 20, 20211 min read
Sex selection & gene editing
A method of gene-editing that can produce single-sex litters of mice could prove a major boost to animal welfare in scientific research...
Ana Barros
Dec 13, 20211 min read
EARA at Oxford webinar
An online event, tomorrow (7 Dec) to discuss developments in 3Rs practices will also feature a talk by EARA Executive Director, Kirk...
Ana Barros
Dec 6, 20211 min read
EARA at events in Portugal
EARA will take part in a discussion on the recent vote by the EU Parliament to end animal research, and its potential impact in Europe,...
Ana Barros
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Journalism award
An article reporting on Covid-19 research at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, The Netherlands, has won the Silver Award in the...
Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
EARA at Spanish event
The biomedical community needs to โshift the balanceโ to talk more about the benefits of using animals in research, EARA executive...
Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Alzheimerโs & human data
Using human data, scientists at University of Cambridge, UK, have found that Alzheimerโs progresses in a different way than previously...
Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
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