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Innovative treatment forย eye disease โ rat studyย
Canadian researchers have developed a more effective and longer-lasting treatment for glaucoma eye disease, in a study with rats.ย ...
Inรชs Serrenho
Feb 241 min read
Innovative electrode for brain repair
Researchers in Canada using mice, have developed a device which holds the potential to improve the treatment of debilitating brain...
Gege Li
Jan 271 min read
Podcast highlights need for transparency inย research using animals
A Canadian researcher has given some fascinating insights into the critical and controversial role of animal research, specifically in...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 131 min read
Heart rate insights by studying shrews
Researchers have studied the unusually high heart rates of shrews , one of the worldโs smallest mammals, which could potentially help...
Gege Li
Oct 14, 20241 min read
Scicomm awards for animal research
Innovative communications initiatives by researchers, as well as projects to replace and reduce the use of animals, have been recognised...
Gege Li
May 20, 20241 min read
2023 openness in animal research โ EARA videos
Many researchers contributed to the EARA Instagram #TransparencyThursdayย Q&A series in 2023 (now on the EARA YouTube channel) where...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20232 min read
New transplant research in mice
Scientists in Canada have developed a new technology that prevents transplanted cells from being attacked by the bodyโs immune system in...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Discovering how neurons die in Alzheimerโs
The cause of brain neuron death in Alzheimerโs disease โ a key hallmark of the condition โ has finally been identified, according to a...
Gege Li
Sep 25, 20231 min read
Gut bacteria insights into colon cancer
Canadian researchers have uncovered promising results in the battle against colon cancer, in research using mice. The study, at the...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Preventing the spread of Lyme disease
Scientists have developed a vaccine that can stop ticks from spreading Lyme disease in mice, which has the potential to reduce infections...
Gege Li
Aug 7, 20231 min read
Sex hormones & behaviour โ video
The effect of sex hormones on the brain is the subject of EARAโs latest #TransparencyThursday video โ watch it here on YouTube. In the...
Gege Li
Apr 3, 20231 min read
Scientific awards and animal research
Two prestigious prizes have praised the work of scientists, in Switzerland and Canada, whose significant discoveries used animals in...
Gege Li
Feb 13, 20231 min read
Insights on โcognitive mapsโ in rats
Identifying a type of โmental mapโ that guides behaviour may have implications for our understanding of psychiatric disorders, suggests a...
Gege Li
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Studying the spinal cord using cats
The ability of cats to always land on their feet may give important insights into how to treat spinal cord injury and problems with...
Gege Li
Jan 16, 20231 min read
A fibre diet limits MS-like symptoms
Scientists have found that guar gum, a good source of fibre, can successfully limit inflammation and delay Multiple Sclerosis (MS)...
Maria Vlastara
Oct 11, 20221 min read
An insulin pill to treat diabetes?
Researchers in Canada have successfully tested in mice.a way to treat diabetes with a pill. Now there is hope that patients with diabetes...
Maria Vlastara
Sep 12, 20221 min read
Continuing research on Covid-19 using animals
Two new studies using mice and hamsters are continuing in the effort to understand and deal with Covid-19. Researchers at (see video),...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 25, 20221 min read
Injectable heart patch
An injectable patch, used to restore heart function after injury and reduce the need for open-heart surgery, has been developed in animal...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 25, 20211 min read
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