EARA News Digest top stories of 2023
Here is a selection of the most-read research stories in the EARA News Digest this year: In January, EARA member the University of...
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Nuno Gonçalves
Nov 12, 20231 min read
Monkey research leads to revolutionary Parkinson's treatment
Animal research has paved the way for a spinal implant that has given a 62-year-old man with Parkinson's disease the ability to walk...
Gege Li
Oct 30, 20231 min read
Zika infection in mice and monkeys
Recent studies using animals, in the USA and Brazil, have shed light on the effect of Zika virus infection during pregnancy, which could...
Nuno Gonçalves
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Monkey survives two years with pig kidney transplant
US scientists have made a breakthrough in organ transplantation, with a macaque monkey surviving for more than two years after receiving...
Gege Li
Sep 25, 20231 min read
Awards recognise research using animals
This year’s prestigious Lasker Awards include scientists who have used animals as part of their research into cancer and eye diseases....
Gege Li
Aug 21, 20231 min read
Treating alcohol addiction - monkey study
US researchers have found that alcohol addiction could be reversed with a gene therapy that ‘resets’ the brain’s dopamine levels, using...
Gege Li
Aug 7, 20231 min read
Scientific coalition addresses research monkey challenges
A coalition of 40 organisations, including EARA, has recently presented a set of recommendations to address the global supply shortage of...
Gege Li
Jul 24, 20231 min read
Hidden benefits of diarrhoea vaccine
A vaccine for treating a bacterial infection that commonly causes diarrhoea, may help babies grow faster, recent US research into monkeys...
Gege Li
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Improving brain function in ageing monkeys
Injecting old monkeys with a natural protein can boost their brain function, potentially leading to new treatments for neurodegenerative...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Why monkeys are used in research – video
Two new pieces of public information on the importance of using monkeys and other animals in neuroscience research have been published...
Gege Li
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Treating eye conditions
Irish researchers have developed a new approach to treat glaucoma, tested first in mice and monkeys. Glaucoma affects around 80 million...
Gege Li
Jun 2, 20231 min read
Brain implant treats paralysed man
Excitement, with a note of caution, has greeted the news that a paralysed man has been able to walk again thanks to a brain implant that...
Bob Tolliday
May 15, 20231 min read
Monkeys are vital in US biomedical research
A report by US scientific experts has confirmed the necessity of non-human primates (NHPs) in research and called for a national strategy...
Gege Li
May 9, 20231 min read
HIV studies in animals show progress
A team at Scripps Research, California, USA, has developed a vaccine for HIV (a virus that can lead to AIDS if left untreated) which...
Gege Li
May 2, 20231 min read
Film highlights the need for monkeys in brain research
EARA member the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience, Germany, has released a documentary film highlighting the essential...
Gege Li
May 2, 20231 min read
Eye disease treatment for blindness
US researchers, from Harvard Medical School and the biotechnology company Life Biosciences, have developed the first treatment for an eye...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 5, 20233 min read
Biomedical sector in Netherlands welcomes 2020 EU report on numbers of animals used in research
The Dutch biomedical research sector has welcomed today the publication of comprehensive statistics, from across the EU, on all uses of...
Gege Li
Mar 27, 20231 min read
Reversing diabetes in monkeys
US researchers have developed a new way to reverse type 1 diabetes in monkeys, raising the possibility of a more effective cure for the...
Gege Li
Mar 27, 20231 min read
Pill success to treat dengue fever
A pill targeted at the dengue virus has successfully treated and prevented infection in mice and monkeys. Dengue fever, is a viral...
Gege Li
Mar 13, 20231 min read
Injection to treat endometriosis
An antibody can relieve some of the key symptoms of a painful disorder when given to monkeys, researchers have found. Endometriosis is a...
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