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-Nürnberg...
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Gege Li
Feb 51 min read
‘Living’ replacement heart valves work in sheep
Researchers have developed a synthetic heart valve that can grow new tissue inside the body, paving the way for longer-lasting heart...
Nuno Gonçalves
Feb 51 min read
Reducing stress in mice in drug testing
Scientists at EARA Member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a new method of giving drugs to mice for research...
Gege Li
Jan 311 min read
Deaf boy can hear thanks to gene therapy
A virus-based gene therapy – developed using animals – has allowed an 11-year-old boy, who has been deaf since birth, to hear for the...
Gege Li
Jan 311 min read
Pig liver filters blood through human body
US researchers have connected a pig liver, outside the body of a brain-dead patient, to filter blood successfully - marking another...
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 302 min read
Bringing emotion to openness about animal research – Berlin event
An event aimed at empowering researchers, animal welfare officers, communication personnel, and institutions in biomedical sciences, in Germ
Gege Li
Jan 221 min read
‘Nanobots’ shrink bladder tumours in mice
A new way to deliver drugs to dramatically reduce cancerous bladder tumours in mice, has been used in a Spanish study. The research, led...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 221 min read
EPA scraps plan to end mammal testing by 2035
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ditched its controversial plan to phase out all use of mammals, to test the safety of...
Gege Li
Jan 221 min read
Is the microbiome involved in childhood cancer?
UK researchers are uncovering a possible link between the microbiome and the most common cancer in children, and will first study mice to...
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 151 min read
New treatment to prevent sepsis
Researchers in Sweden have made a significant discovery, using mice and pigs, by treating severe bacterial infections with a newly...
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 151 min read
Infant heart transplant success
A baby boy who underwent pioneering heart surgery in 2022 is now a thriving toddler, doctors have reported.
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 151 min read
New insights into cocaine addiction
Researchers in Belgium have uncovered the crucial role, in cocaine addiction, of one particular gene.
Bob Tolliday
Jan 151 min read
Swiss institutions publish first openness report
The Swiss Transparency Agreement on Animal Research (STAAR) has published its first annual report recording progress on open...
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 81 min read
Mouse study on anxiety disorder
Researchers in Ireland and Germany have discovered that certain gut microbes influence social anxiety disorder (SAD).
Nuno Gonçalves
Jan 81 min read
Potential vaccine for high cholesterol
US research, using mice and monkeys, could lead to a new vaccine to lower 'bad' cholesterol.
Bob Tolliday
Jan 81 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.
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 20, 20231 min read
Mouse study reveals new cancer insights
Researchers in France have made a groundbreaking discovery revealing that specific cells surrounding tumours influence the body’s...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20231 min read
‘Landmark’ trial of asthma drug
An antibody drug for treating severe asthma can successfully control the condition in patients without the need for inhaled steroids, a...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 20, 20231 min read
Role of hormones in pregnancy morning sickness
Scientists in the UK have identified high levels of a particular hormone as a significant factor in severe morning sickness. Hyperemesis...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20232 min read
2023 openness in animal research – EARA videos
Many researchers contributed to the EARA Instagram #TransparencyThursday Q&A series in 2023 (now on the EARA YouTube channel) where...
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