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Bob Tolliday

Jun 28, 20211 min read

Updated diet for lab rodents

Concerns about the diet of mice and rats and the effect this has on research results, has led to sweeping new recommendations by US...

Ana Barros

Jun 14, 20211 min read

Pollution & dementia

Scientists from the University of California, Davis, USA, have found a link between air pollution and a higher risk of developing...

Feature: Why do we need to use animals in neuroscience research?

Bob Tolliday

Jun 4, 20217 min read

Feature: Why do we need to use animals in neuroscience research?

Perhaps more than in any other field of biomedical research, it is essential to use animals to understand the functions of the brain,...

Scientists in Portugal talk about their research using animals

Ana Barros

May 8, 20211 min read

Scientists in Portugal talk about their research using animals

EARA's #TransparencyThursday is an initiative on Instagram that allows the public the chance to find out why it is necessary to use...

Bob Tolliday

Feb 22, 20211 min read

Value of animal models

A recent publication by Portuguese and Hungarian scientists has confirmed the value of animal studies in diabetes research. The team, led...

Ana Barros

Jan 25, 20211 min read

Eye disease in rats

Research in rats, published during Glaucoma Awareness Month, suggests potential treatments for the eye condition. Scientists at...

Ana Barros

Jan 25, 20211 min read

Animal studies & blindness

US scientists have found a potential treatment for blindness in patients with retinal disorders, that affect around 200 million people...

Ana Barros

Jan 18, 20211 min read

US rodent numbers row

A paper estimating the numbers of mice and rats used annually in US research has been strongly challenged within the biomedical research...

Ana Barros

Nov 23, 20201 min read

Heart research & animal models

The UK British Heart Foundation (BHF) charity has published a round-up of its current funded research to treat heart disease, including...

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 8, 20201 min read

Error as learning strategy in rats

Research on rodents suggests that making different decisions faced with equal challenges could confirm that error is an in-built part of...

Ana Barros

Jun 8, 20201 min read

Insulin developed from sea snails

Insulin developed from the venom of a predatory sea snail could create more effective and safer diabetes treatment, according to an...

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,...

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 France uses animals to find effective treatments for Covid-19

Ana Barros

May 7, 20201 min read

Research in France 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...

Rat study identifies new therapeutic targets to reduce pain

Ana Barros

May 4, 20201 min read

Rat study identifies new therapeutic targets to reduce pain

Researchers at the University of Leeds, UK, have found a potential new target to reduce chronic pain which could avoid addictive...

Study: Use only one animal species in some drug tests

Ana Barros

Mar 30, 20201 min read

Study: Use only one animal species in some drug tests

A major study has reached a significant conclusion about the use of animal species in drug safety testing. Currently, regulators require...

Pioneering transplant that tricks the immune system

Ana Barros

Mar 22, 20201 min read

Pioneering transplant that tricks the immune system

Scientists have successfully transplanted the leg from a brown rat to a white rat, using a technique that tricks the body into accepting...

Amendments to the European Directive 2010/63 in Italy have a huge impact in my research

Bob Tolliday

Aug 12, 20153 min read

Amendments to the European Directive 2010/63 in Italy have a huge impact in my research

Riccardo Avvisati is a PhD student at Sapienza University of Rome, studying the influences of the environment on drug of abuse in a...

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