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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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Gege Li
May 20, 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
Editing heart cells for research
Researchers have used a genetic technique to edit the heart muscle cells of mice, potentially making it a better method of research into...
Nuno Gonรงalves
May 7, 20241 min read
Understanding fibrosis and scarring
Researchers in Spain and Germany have developed, in human cells and zebrafish, a possible way to deal with fibrosis and scarring within...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 29, 20245 min read
EARA study of EU-based websites 2024 published
National Transparency Agreements on animal research set the
benchmark for good website content
โ EARA website study 2024
Bob Tolliday
Apr 29, 20244 min read
EARA study of EU-based websites 2024 - results in Germany
Signs of progress towards openness about animal research in German biomedical institutions
โ EARA website study 2024
Gege Li
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Insights into mouth-stomach connection
The development of the connection between the food pipe and stomach has been described in a study using mice and lab-grown tissues,...
Gege Li
Mar 18, 20241 min read
Could an animal studies dataset help reduce their use?
After sifting through vast numbers of research studies that used animals, scientists believe they have a basic set of data that could...
Gege Li
Mar 4, 20241 min read
Understanding how attention works in monkeys โ EARA Q&A
In the latest episodeย of EARAโs #TransparencyThursday series, PhD student Esperanza Domingo Gil, of the Cognitive Neurophysiology...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Feb 26, 20241 min read
Lab-grown dog skin for vet treatments
Researchers in Germany have developed the first laboratory dog skin, for use in testing medical treatments and care products for dogs....
Nuno Gonรงalves
Feb 19, 20241 min read
Mice and organoid study for ALS
Research from Germany, using brain organoids and mice, could bring forward new drug therapies for a fatal brain disease. Amyotrophic...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Ideological decision halts neuroscience research with monkeys
EARA has expressed its deep concern at the ideologically-based decision of the competent authority for the federal state of Bremen,...
Gege Li
Feb 12, 20241 min read
Gene editing breakthrough for rare disease
Researchers in Germany, using gene editing, have corrected an exaggerated immune response that is a key feature of a rare childhood...
The European Animal Research Association
Feb 6, 20242 min read
EARA statement โ scientific concerns over Bremen state ruling
The European Animal Research Association is deeply concerned by the ideologically based decision of the competent authority for the...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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-Nรผrnberg...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 30, 20242 min read
Bringing emotion to openness about animal research โ Berlin event
An event aimed at empowering researchers, animal welfare officers, communication personnel, and institutions in biomedical sciences, in Germ
Nuno Gonรงalves
Jan 8, 20241 min read
Mouse study on anxiety disorder
Researchers in Ireland and Germany have discovered that certain gut microbes influence social anxiety disorder (SAD).
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20241 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.
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20232 min read
A look back on the past year of EARA
In 2024, EARA will celebrate its 10-year anniversary and 2023 has seen a number of significant developments, which can lead the way to a...
Gege Li
Dec 20, 20232 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
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...
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