Spinal cord research using chicken embryos
Research with chicken embryos and human stem cells, to understand more about conditions like spina bifida, has used 3D printed sensors to...
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Bob Tolliday
Jul 224 min read
Biomedical sector in Italy welcomes 2022 EU report on the number of animals used in research and testing
The Italian biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU in 2022.
Bob Tolliday
Apr 295 min read
EARA study of EU-based websites 2024 published
National Transparency Agreements on animal research set the
benchmark for good website content
– EARA website study 2024
Bob Tolliday
Apr 247 min read
Feature: How animal studies contributed to biomedical breakthroughs in 2023
The progress that scientists made in advancing our knowledge of human health last year has once again shown the continuing importance of...
Gege Li
Mar 181 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
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
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Alzheimer’s transferred to rats via gut bacteria
Memory loss and other characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease can be transferred to healthy rats by giving them gut bacteria from...
Gege Li
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Mice studies & Huntington’s disease
A gene involved in Huntington’s disease has been identified that could counteract the effects of the disease. Huntington’s disease is...
Gege Li
Jul 24, 20231 min read
Slowing Parkinson’s with exercise?
Italian researchers have found that the progression of Parkinson’s disease can be slowed with intense exercise, by studying rats. The...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 5, 20233 min read
Biomedical sector in Italy welcomes 2020 EU report on the number of animals used in research
The Italian biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, on all uses of...
Gege Li
Feb 6, 20231 min read
Clues to ageing hearts in animal studies
A mutated gene, found in some people over the age of 100, can ‘rewind’ the biological clock of a mouse’s heart by a decade. The research,...
Gege Li
Nov 7, 20221 min read
3Rs research work wins honours
Scientists from across the word, who have demonstrated significant and innovative contributions to reducing, replacing, or refining the...
Maria Vlastara
Sep 5, 20221 min read
New treatment for rare brain disease
A study, on mice and patient brain tissues, sheds light on a rare disease and suggests a treatment based on routinely used blood-thinning...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Biomedical sector in Italy welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research
The Italian biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics (2019), from across the EU,...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 27, 20221 min read
3Rs and comms awards for researchers
The first ART awards event, hosted by Animal Research Tomorrow, was held last week to recognise innovative projects by early career...
Maria Vlastara
Jun 17, 20221 min read
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: Partner organisations & statements
This year, Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022 (#BOARD22), took place on the last day of the FELASA Congress (16 June). More than 150...
Maria Vlastara
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: #TransparencyThursday
EARA #TransparencyThursday, which features regularly on our Instagram feed (and also on YouTube), is an initiative that gives the public...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 27, 20226 min read
Feature: A momentous year for human health - a look back at biomedical research in 2021
With a spotlight on animals during the recent Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) and next month's Be Open About Animal Research Day...
Bob Tolliday
Nov 25, 20211 min read
EARA media training
EARA will hold two online media training sessions in December, with the support of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and...
Bob Tolliday
Sep 22, 20212 min read
Italy openness event
In EARA’s first face-to-face event since 2019, members of the Italian biomedical research community came together in Milan, in September,...
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