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Ana Barros
Jan 24, 20222 min read
Swiss vote
In less than a monthโs time Swiss citizens will be asked to decide whether to approve a countrywide ban on research using animals in a...
Ana Barros
Jan 24, 20221 min read
New Letโs Talk SciComm in Greece
The first in EARAโs YouTube series of #LetsTalkSciComm this year features Dr Lina Ntokou, founder of a project that celebrates female...
Ana Barros
Jan 17, 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
Pig-to-human heart transplants
News about the first pig-to-human heart transplant has made headlines across the world, including discussion about the ethics of such a...
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
Mice & Alzheimerโs disease
A group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway, have demonstrated how mice can be used to answer questions...
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Fruit flies & eye disease
Research in Portugal has taken a step forward in understanding blindness, through the eyes of fruit flies. Retinitis Pigmentosa โ an eye...
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Nanoparticles to deliver drugs
A new tool, developed by US researchers, could help to measure how effectively nanoparticles can deliver drugs to a patientโs cells....
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Omicron variant
Recent animal research on the Covid-19 Omicron variant is helping scientists understand how the virus spreads and causes disease....
Ana Barros
Jan 4, 20222 min read
Spanish transparency report published
The fourth annual report of the Transparency Agreement on Animal Research in Spain has shown the continued drive of institutions in 2020...
Ana Barros
Jan 4, 20221 min read
Trust in scientists
A worldwide survey on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has shown a strong increase in trust in science and scientists since 2018. The...
Ana Barros
Jan 3, 20221 min read
Nasal Covid-19 vaccines
Scientists from the Yale School of Medicine, USA, have found that nasal vaccines could potentially provide better protection against new...
Ana Barros
Dec 27, 20211 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 communication on YouTube in 2021
In 2021 EARA launched its new video series #LetsTalkSciComm, inviting leading science communicators to share their tips and experiences...
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 21, 20211 min read
Treating heart failure
Researchers in Germany have found a way to improve the treatment of heart failure, using a combination of animal studies and new approach...
Ana Barros
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Reproducibility issue in cancer biology
An eight-year study by researchers in the US has found that fewer than half of the most influential cancer biology experiments of the...
Ana Barros
Dec 21, 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 20, 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 13, 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...
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