EARA News Digest top stories of 2023
Here is a selection of the most-read research stories in the EARA News Digest this year: In January, EARA member the University of...
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Gege Li
Dec 18, 20231 min read
New insights into stroke recovery
Swedish researchers have successfully treated mice and rats so that they regain sensation following a stroke, even several days after it...
Gege Li
Dec 18, 20232 min read
False UK media claims on animal research corrected
A UK national newspaper has been ordered to correct an article by its regulator, after it falsely claimed that there is ‘immense’...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 18, 20231 min read
Gene editing tool gives hope for infant disease
US researchers have developed a new gene editing method to combat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), using genetically altered mice. SMA is a...
Gege Li
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Videos on animal use at Belgian university
EARA member Ghent University (UGent), Belgium, has published two videos of its facilities and laboratories to explain how and why they...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Test reveals how organs age differently
Researchers in the US have developed a simple blood test that estimates the biological age of specific organs, helping to predict...
Gege Li
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Hereditary & transplant studies of ageing
Studies in France and the US have revealed new insights into accelerated ageing in animals. Researchers in France at IM Projet, Caduceum,...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 4, 20231 min read
New transplant research in mice
Scientists in Canada have developed a new technology that prevents transplanted cells from being attacked by the body’s immune system in...
Gege Li
Dec 4, 20231 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...
Nuno Gonçalves
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Nanoplastics linked to Parkinson’s disease
A US study has highlighted a potential environmental factor in Parkinson's disease, using mice combined with other research methods. The...
Gege Li
Nov 27, 20231 min read
Cancer treatment for golden retrievers?
A gene in dogs linked to increased lifespan may also lead to cancer treatments for humans and animals. US researchers, at the University...
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 27, 20231 min read
Pollution & heart function study
UK researchers have used animal studies to understand the detrimental effects of specific fuel pollutants on heart function. Pollution is...
Gege Li
Nov 24, 20231 min read
Vitamin treatment for damaged kidneys
A new vitamin treatment for kidneys, which have been damaged by chronic inflammation, could help avoid the need for dialysis or...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 24, 20232 min read
Netherlands Open Week on animal research
Institutions from the Netherlands Transparency Agreement on Animal Research have once again given an insight into their biomedical...
Gege Li
Nov 21, 20231 min read
Allergies affect early brain development
Researchers have identified the link between severe allergies and brain development, by studying mice with asthma-like features. The...
The European Animal Research Association
Nov 20, 20233 min read
Instituições biomédicas portuguesas mostram melhorias na abertura para com a investigação animal
Instituições científicas e outras organizações ligadas à investigação biomédica em Portugal têm demonstrado uma melhoria encorajadora na...
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 20, 20232 min read
Portugal moves further toward openness on animal research
The third annual report from the Portuguese Transparency Agreement, published this week, shows that most biomedical institutions have...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Rat Trap is not a balanced narrative – EARA book review
The claims made in a new book, by medical sociologist Pandora Pound, that research using animals is obsolete and ‘thwarting medical...
Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Early-life stress alters brain in rats
US researchers have found that early-life stress in rats leads to more significant changes in brain genes than childhood head injuries....
The European Animal Research Association
Nov 17, 20234 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...
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