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This page contains all the news outputs from EARA, including press releases and videos, EARA policy and news briefings, plus opinion pieces and significant media articles.
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Breaking down mercury pollutants using fruit flies and zebrafish
Researchers in Australia have genetically engineered fruit flies and zebrafish to break down a highly toxic form of mercury and turn it...
Gege Li
Mar 31 min read
Innovativeย therapy treats fatal skin disease
A patientย with a life-threatening skin disease has been successfully treated following research that combined the use of mice, artificial...
Gege Li
Nov 11, 20241 min read
Concerns at unregulated use of antibiotics in research
A study has found that widespread and excessive use of antibiotics, unregulated access to critical drugs, as well as disposal practices...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 9, 20241 min read
Improving breathing devices for premature births
Researchers believe they have found a better way to help premature babies with breathing difficulties, using rabbits.
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jul 15, 20241 min read
Progress in treating diabetes
Animal studies from Australia and the US have developed new ways to manage and effectively treat type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an...
Gege Li
Jun 3, 20242 min read
Better blood thinning medication
Research from Switzerland and Australia, using tsetse flies, has uncovered a new way to prevent blood clotting that can also be easily...
Nuno Gonรงalves
May 20, 20241 min read
Mice study reveals breast cancer treatment
Research in mice has uncovered a new drug that halts the growth of triple-negative breast cancer. This type of breast cancer is an...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Australia pledges greater transparency in animal research
Australia has become the latest country to launch a Transparency Agreement on animal research (TA), making it the second country outside...
Gege Li
Aug 10, 20231 min read
Sex differences in disease
The reason men and women experience disease and react to drugs differently is more complex than we think, according to a new study in...
Gege Li
Dec 21, 20221 min read
Shedding light on sleep and diseases
Several recent studies in mice have helped our understanding of sleep and how it is linked to stress and diseases such as Alzheimer's. A...
Gege Li
Nov 14, 20221 min read
The long-term effects of antibiotics on babies
Studies in mice have revealed that antibiotics prescribed for babies can have a serious effect on their gut function in adult life....
Maria Vlastara
Sep 27, 20221 min read
Tick saliva treats disease
Researchers in Australia have found that ticks, a type of arachnid, may help to treat inflammatory diseases. The team at Monash...
Ana Barros
Mar 14, 20221 min read
Closure of a lab animal breeder
Scientists in Australia are concerned that the announced closure of the countryโs leading breeder and supplier of lab mice and rats will...
Ana Barros
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Get ready for Get on #BOARD21
On Thursday, a 24-hour social media campaign, involving 1,000 biomedical institutions across the world, will celebrate proactive...
Ana Barros
Jun 29, 20213 min read
ANZLAA partnership
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) is pleased to announce its new collaborative partnership with the Australian and New...
Bob Tolliday
May 19, 20212 min read
Regrowing bones using animals
Researchers at the Columbia University in New York have found a way to use stem cells from pig fat to grow replacement jaw bones and...
Ana Barros
Nov 9, 20201 min read
Mood affecting genes in cattle and humans
Genes linking temperament in cattle and autism in humans have been discovered by researchers in Australia. The team searched through over...
Ana Barros
Sep 7, 20201 min read
EARA in the media
A podcast by Undark magazine has looked into the hidden cost of failing to engage with the public on the use of animals in research....
Ana Barros
Jun 8, 202016 min read
Insulin developed from sea snails
Insulin developed from the venom of a predatory sea snail could create more effective and safer diabetes treatment, according to an...
Ana Barros
Jun 8, 20201 min read
Baboon incident brings call for greater transparency in Australian research
Media reaction to the escape of three research baboons, in Sydney, has highlighted the need for greater openness from the Australian...
Ana Barros
Feb 25, 20201 min read
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