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Georgios Petrellis
Feb 101 min read
Breakthrough painkiller treatment approved
A game-changing painkiller โ the first in 30 years that is not based on potentially addictive opioids โ has been approved by regulators ...
Gege Li
Feb 31 min read
Heart muscle studies in monkeys lead to human treatment
A patch of lab-grown heart muscle has treated a woman with heart failure, following earlier success in monkeys. The results , published...
Gege Li
Jan 271 min read
Greater understanding of voluntary movements in monkeys
An Italian study in monkeys has shed light on how the brain controls natural movements and challenges some existing theories on how the...
Gege Li
Dec 23, 20242 min read
Replacing monkeys with pigs inย testing
A โฌ17.5m EU project is seeking to identify where pigs could replace monkeys in safety testing. The NHPig ย project is a five-year...
Bob Tolliday
Dec 23, 20241 min read
Article on German neuroscientist paints a balanced picture
German national magazine Der Spiegel ย has published an informative and sympathetic article on Andreas Kreiter (pictured), a...
Gege Li
Dec 9, 20241 min read
Placenta therapy to aid pregnancy
A gene therapy that boosts the development of the placenta has been tested successfully in pregnant monkeys, a US study has shown, with...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Dec 2, 20242 min read
EU-Simia conference highlights crucial role of monkeys in research
Close to 100 participants recently took part in the first international conference of EU-Simia, to discuss the crucial role of non-human...
Gege Li
Nov 25, 20241 min read
Insights into opening blood-brain barrier with ultrasound
A Spanish study using monkeys has shed light on how sound waves can deliver drugs to the brain, for diseases such as Alzheimerโs,...
Nuno Gonรงalves
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Animal studies used in cure for diabetes
Research inย China, using previous studies in animals, has cured a woman with type 1 diabetes by using stem cells. Type 1 diabetes occurs...
Gege Li
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Mpox vaccine tests show promise in monkeys
A new vaccine, under development for mpox, could give better protection ย against the virus than existing vaccines, a study in monkeys has...
Gege Li
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Insights into treating long Covid
US studies, using animals, have uncovered new information about the long-term effects of Covid-19 and the health complications it can...
Gege Li
Aug 5, 20241 min read
Monkey study for treating Parkinsonโs
Researchers in the US have delivered human neurons, that are damaged in Parkinsonโs, into monkeys as a new approach for treating the...
Gege Li
Jul 15, 20241 min read
Pill hope to treat sickle cell disease
A drug to treat sickle cell disease has performed well in mice and monkeys, overcoming some of the limitations of current treatments.
The European Animal Research Association
Jul 12, 20242 min read
Parkinsonโs patients learn more about research with monkeys
People with Parkinsonโs have had the opportunity to learn more about biomedical research on the condition, involving the use of monkeys,...
The European Animal Research Association
Jul 12, 20243 min read
German research institute counters activist protests
A proactive campaign by EARA member the Ernst Strรผngmann Institute (ESI), has made a determined response to a large protest, conducted by...
Gege Li
Jul 8, 20241 min read
EARA Q&A โ developing microelectrodes for the monkey brain
The latest episode of our #TransparencyThursday series features Ivรขnia Trรชpo, a PhD student at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
Gege Li
Jul 8, 20242 min read
Progress in treating tuberculosis
Recent animal research has led to new developments in the detection and treatment of the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB).
Gege Li
Jun 24, 20241 min read
Explaining sex differences in pain
Males and females differ in their experience of pain due to differences in specialised nerve cells, a recent US study in mice, monkeys...
The European Animal Research Association
May 28, 20241 min read
EARA expands its media training workshops
The EARA has introduced some new modules to its Media Training Series. Each workshop module isย designed to equip researchers, research...
Gege Li
May 28, 20241 min read
HIV vaccine approach shows promise
A US strategy for developing a vaccine for HIV, based on training the immune system, is providing hope for an effective future treatment....
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