Italy

News from EARA

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.

Other pages in this section explain more about EARA on social media and practical information for journalists.

FOLLOW US ON X

Improving openness in animal research in Italy - event

Bob Tolliday

Nov 281 min read

Improving openness in animal research in Italy - event

A large audience at r the University of Parma, 14 November, heard a robust discussion, on the current state of openness in animal research.

Spinal cord research using chicken embryos

Nuno Gonçalves

Jul 291 min read

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...

Biomedical sector in Italy welcomes 2022 EU report on the number of animals used in research and testing

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.

EARA study of EU-based websites 2024 published

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

Feature: How animal studies contributed to biomedical breakthroughs in 2023

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...

Could an animal studies dataset help reduce their use?

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...

Alzheimer’s transferred to rats via gut bacteria

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...

Biomedical sector in Italy welcomes 2020 EU report on the number of animals used in research

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...

Clues to ageing hearts in animal studies

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...

Biomedical sector in Italy welcomes 2019 EU figures on animal research

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...

Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: Partner organisations & statements

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...

Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: #TransparencyThursday

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...

Feature: A momentous year for human health - a look back at biomedical research in 2021

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...

News from EARA

FOLLOW US ON X

Subscribe to the EARA News Digest weekly newsletter