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Bob Tolliday
Mar 5, 20197 min read
University of Munster launches Principles document on the ethical treatment of animals in testing.
The University of Mรผnster, in Germany, has launched its Principles on the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Scientific Research and...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 4, 20191 min read
Chancellor Merkel backs new German research centre
The Max Delbrรผckย Center (MDC), anย EARA member, welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkelย asย she openedย itsย new research buildingย in...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 28, 20192 min read
Basic research: โas necessary as human curiosityโ says brain scientist
A leading brain scientist has made a passionate argument for basic research at a packed event,ย hosted by EARA, in Frankfurt am Main,...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 25, 20191 min read
Speakers announced for free EARA event in Plรถn, Germany
Speakers have been announced for this yearโs first EARA German event on openness in animal research. Supported by the Federation of...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 10, 20191 min read
Germany statistics on 2017 animal use released
The total number of animals used in research in 2017 in Germany was 2.8 million, a similar level to 2015 and 2016, the latest figures...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
Statement: European Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes
Given the importance of animal research in science and scientific developments, a coalition of leading research funders, research...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 min read
Primate poposal by Netherlands government โwill severely limit progress on biomedical researchโ.
EARA has responded to a call by the Dutch Science Minister for the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), in the Netherlands, an EARA...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
FENS joins EARA to support the responsible use of animals in research
MEDIA RELEASE Brussels/London, 17 March 2015 The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) is actively committed to the...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20195 min read
The Research Animals That Have Made A Difference
Over the last 40 years, every Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine but one has depended on work using animals. From modern vaccines that...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 min read
Transparency Agreement on animal research in Portugal
The Transparency Agreement on Animal Research in Portugal (Acordo de Transparรชncia sobre Investigaรงรฃo Animal em Portugal) is a...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
Dutch Parliament backs primate research
In response to calls to reduce the number of experiments with non-human primates (NHP) by up to 40% in the Netherlands the Dutch...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 min read
Great Britainโs biomedical research statistics for 2017 indicate fewer animals used for second conse
The latest figures released by the Home Office show a decrease in the overall use of animals in biomedical research in Great Britainโs...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20193 min read
Germany sees 7% rise in animal research procedures in 2016
Germanyโs Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Bundesministerium fรผr Ernรคhrung und Landwirtschaft) has produced its 2016 annual...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
British Airways accused of breaking U.S. federal law by refusing to carry animals intended for resea
The U.S. National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR), has accused four airlines operating in the USA, including British Airways,...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 min read
EARA looks ahead with strategic objectives for next five years
EARA has set out the associationโs vision and mission and its strategic objectives up until to 2023, following its General Assembly in...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20194 min read
The wild card of animal rightsโ groups: Freedom of Information requests
EARA and Understanding Animal Research, one of our UK partners, promote the importance of universities and other research institutions...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 min read
โBionic spineโ tested in sheep
Scientists in Australia have developed a โbionic spineโ. This device has successfully been tested in sheep and will be implanted in three...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
โMini-brainsโ will add to alternative methods in neuroscience
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have developed โmini-brainsโ. The neurones in these mini-brains spontaneously send electrical...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
Australian scientist stands up for primate research
There is currently a bill before the Australian Parliament, introduced by Green Party senator Lee Rhiannon, proposing to ban the...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 min read
Dutch animal research statistics: 18% more procedures than in 2013
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit, NVWA) published Zo doende 2014, its...
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