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Simplifying how lab animals are monitored

Gege Li

Dec 21 min read

Simplifying how lab animals are monitored

A sensor that monitors the vital signs of rodents used in biomedical studies holds the potential to enhance both research and improve...

EARA and Novartis patient engagement initiative

Nuno Gonçalves

Nov 251 min read

EARA and Novartis patient engagement initiative

EARA has begun work with EARA member Novartis and the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research ( FMI ), in Basel,...

First 3D model of human lips to study disease

Nuno Gonçalves

Nov 211 min read

First 3D model of human lips to study disease

Research from Switzerland has led to the development of a 3D lab model of human lip cells, replacing the need to use mice in the study...

Innovative therapy treats fatal skin disease

Gege Li

Nov 111 min read

Innovative therapy treats fatal skin disease

A patient with a life-threatening skin disease has been successfully treated following research that combined the use of mice, artificial...

Swiss 3Rs centre announces annual awardees

Nuno Gonçalves

Jul 81 min read

Swiss 3Rs centre announces annual awardees

The Swiss 3RCC has announced the recipients of its annual awards, recognising outstanding contributions to the 3Rs of animal research.

Gege Li

Jul 12 min read

Rehoming lab rats in New Zealand

An article in Cosmos Magazine has looked at some of the rehoming initiatives for rats that have previously been used in biomedical...

5% of animal studies lead to human treatments – failure or success?

Nuno Gonçalves

Jun 243 min read

5% of animal studies lead to human treatments – failure or success?

A scientific review of the progress of animal studies through to human trials and drug development, which showed that just one in 20...

Nuno Gonçalves

May 201 min read

Better blood thinning medication

Research from Switzerland and Australia, using tsetse flies, has uncovered a new way to prevent blood clotting that can also be easily...

Swiss university hub to improve research animal welfare

Gege Li

Apr 151 min read

Swiss university hub to improve research animal welfare

ETH Zurich has recently launched an initiative that brings together its activities and knowledge on the 3Rs principles, to establish...

Could an animal studies dataset help reduce their use?

Gege Li

Mar 181 min read

Could an animal studies dataset help reduce their use?

After sifting through vast numbers of research studies that used animals, scientists believe they have a basic set of data that could...

Nuno Gonçalves

Feb 51 min read

Reducing stress in mice in drug testing

Scientists at EARA Member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a new method of giving drugs to mice for research...

Virus discovered to fight antibiotic resistance

Gege Li

Feb 51 min read

Virus discovered to fight antibiotic resistance

The discovery of a virus, that kills ‘sleeping’ bacteria, may be another key player in the fight against antibiotic resistance, a Swiss...

Swiss institutions publish first openness report

Bob Tolliday

Jan 151 min read

Swiss institutions publish first openness report

The Swiss Transparency Agreement on Animal Research (STAAR) has published its first annual report recording progress on open...

2023 openness in animal research – EARA videos

Gege Li

Dec 20, 20232 min read

2023 openness in animal research – EARA videos

Many researchers contributed to the EARA Instagram #TransparencyThursday Q&A series in 2023 (now on the EARA YouTube channel) where...

Gege Li

Dec 20, 20231 min read

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...

Monkey research leads to revolutionary Parkinson's treatment

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...

Swiss university prizes for non-animal methods

Gege Li

Oct 23, 20231 min read

Swiss university prizes for non-animal methods

The UZH 3Rs Award, newly introduced by EARA member the University of Zurich, Switzerland, which highlights its researcher's advances in...

Research reduces animal use in gene editing

Gege Li

Oct 2, 20231 min read

Research reduces animal use in gene editing

An innovative gene editing process can reduce the number of animal experiments needed to study complex genetic diseases, according to...

500 biomedical institutions in Europe have signed a National Transparency Agreement

The European Animal Research Association

Sep 11, 202311 min read

500 biomedical institutions in Europe have signed a National Transparency Agreement

The need to foster open and transparent communication with the general public, about the benefits to society of using animals in...

Bladder cancer insights from cats & dogs

Gege Li

Sep 11, 20231 min read

Bladder cancer insights from cats & dogs

Studies on pet cats and dogs, with natural bladder cancer, have revealed important gene mutations, shared with humans which may lead to...

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