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Ana Barros

Oct 19, 20201 min read

Hair loss in mice

A study led by scientists from the EARA members the University of Helsinki, Finland, and the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing,...

Ana Barros

Oct 19, 20201 min read

Antibodies & tumours

Researchers, including EARA member the University of Zurich, have found a potential new treatment for aggressive brain tumours, using...

Ana Barros

Oct 5, 20201 min read

Cartilage repair models

UK scientists have created a new way to regrow knee cartilage and improve joint pain in animals with osteoarthritis. In studies, using...

Ana Barros

Oct 5, 20201 min read

Chemotherapy side effects study

A study on mice by researchers in Spain has discovered the process that causes serious side effects on the nervous system during...

Repurposed drug for blood cancer patients

Ana Barros

Sep 28, 20201 min read

Repurposed drug for blood cancer patients

A drug commonly used to treat arthritis may help treat some blood cancers, a new UK study has found. A collaboration between the...

Ana Barros

Sep 21, 20201 min read

Space mice

Research using mice, on the International Space Station (ISS), could help tackle the major health challenges for astronauts during...

Ana Barros

Aug 31, 20201 min read

Discovery of ageing protein

An international collaboration co-ordinated by the University of Coimbra, Portugal, has identified a protein associated with ageing in...

Ana Barros

Aug 10, 20201 min read

Mice & immune cell development

Researchers from EARA member Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal, have found key details about how our immune system develops....

Ana Barros

Aug 3, 20201 min read

New target in Alzheimer’s

A team of Spanish scientists has identified the role of an enzyme which reduces inflammation in the brain. The study, published in the...

Ana Barros

Jul 20, 20201 min read

UK animal use stats

The UK government has released its 2019 annual statistics on animals used in scientific procedures. The figures show that 3,401,517...

Ana Barros

Jun 29, 20201 min read

Israeli media intervention

Criticism of inaccurate reporting on research using animals, in an Israeli online publication, has seen the article corrected and more...

Ana Barros

Jun 29, 20201 min read

Science of smells

Researchers, in Italy and the USA, have used animal studies to work out how the brain understands odours. The findings, published in the...

Ana Barros

Jun 22, 20201 min read

Animal antibodies for Covid-19

A wide variety of animals are now being used to produce and understand the antibodies that can fight against Covid-19. Human bodies fight...

Ana Barros

Jun 15, 20201 min read

3Rs award UK

A Cambridge scientist has been awarded a prestigious 3Rs prize for their innovative methods in basic research. The 3Rs Prize, sponsored...

Covid-19 virus reveals the need for animal testing

Bob Tolliday

Jun 4, 20203 min read

Covid-19 virus reveals the need for animal testing

This article is reprinted from Yleisradio Oy, Finland's national public broadcasting company, featuring an interview with Emrah Yatkin,...

Ana Barros

Jun 1, 20201 min read

Humanised mice

A team of US scientists has produced a method which greatly increases the production of mature human cells in mouse embryos. The work...

Ana Barros

May 18, 20201 min read

Alzheimer's new treatment target

Scientists in Portugal have found a genetic sequence in mice that could be a new treatment target for Alzheimer’s disease. The team from...

Ana Barros

May 18, 20201 min read

Covid-19 knowledge mapping

A team at ISC-PIF, France, has created a series of knowledge maps to identify key areas of study relating to Covid-19. The study...

Responses needed for survey on rodent surgery

Ana Barros

May 11, 20201 min read

Responses needed for survey on rodent surgery

Swiss researchers are looking for responses to a survey looking at the challenges and pitfalls of experimental surgery in rodents. The...

Research in the Netherlands uses animals to find effective treatments for Covid-19

Ana Barros

May 7, 20201 min read

Research in the Netherlands uses animals to find effective treatments for Covid-19

The European Animal Research Association has put together an interactive map to display the biomedical research currently underway across...

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