Monkey shortage for Covid-19 research
EARA has taken action to support the biomedical sector over the growing shortage of purpose-bred macaque monkeys, used in Covid-19 and...
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Bob Tolliday
Oct 19, 20201 min read
New way to target brain tumours
Researchers, including EARA member the University of Zurich, have found a potential new treatment for aggressive brain tumours, using...
Ana Barros
Oct 19, 20201 min read
Fruit fly nanomaterial
Scientists from Switzerland and Russia have developed a microscopic material mimicking the protective layer of a fruit fly eye. The...
Ana Barros
Oct 19, 20201 min read
Antibodies & tumours
Researchers, including EARA member the University of Zurich, have found a potential new treatment for aggressive brain tumours, using...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 8, 20201 min read
EARA media training workshops
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) will hold four online media training sessions in November, with the support of the...
Ana Barros
Sep 7, 20201 min read
Organoid research secures funding
A research project aiming to confirm ‘mini-organs’ as good models to study human biology has won EU funding. The HCA|Organoid initiative,...
Ana Barros
Aug 24, 20201 min read
Antibodies against neurological diseases
Researchers from EARA members the University of Zurich and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Switzerland, have found human...
Ana Barros
Jul 20, 20201 min read
EU survey
European researchers have confirmed the importance of using animals to the success of their studies, in a major EU survey. The Joint...
Ana Barros
Jun 22, 20201 min read
Swiss advocacy group rebrands
EARA Member, the Basel Declaration Society, based in Switzerland, has rebranded as Animal Research Tomorrow. The organisation now has a...
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
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...
Ana Barros
May 7, 20201 min read
Research in Switzerland 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...
Ana Barros
Apr 27, 20201 min read
Fighting coronavirus using computer modelling
The Human Brain Project, based in Geneva, Switzerland, and its partner Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, are now using their knowledge...
Ana Barros
Apr 23, 20203 min read
A look back at medical advances in 2019 and the role played by animal research
While biomedical research is being asked to find solutions to the world’s current health emergency, it is worth remembering the wide...
Ana Barros
Apr 14, 20201 min read
Swiss recognition on 3Rs innovation
EARA member, Swiss Laboratory Animal Science has released video interviews with the winners of its most recent 3Rs awards. The awards...
Ana Barros
Apr 3, 20202 min read
How animals are helping in Covid-19 research - a global overview
The European Animal Research Association has put together an interactive map to display the biomedical research currently underway across...
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...
Ana Barros
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Machine keeps liver alive outside the body for longer
Swiss researchers have developed a new machine that can maintain human livers for longer with the aim of allowing more patients to get...
Ana Barros
Nov 8, 20192 min read
Swiss researchers hear arguments for openness
EARA’s free event in Zurich, has highlighted the importance of the forthcoming Swiss transparency agreement and its commitment to greater...
Ana Barros
Oct 8, 20193 min read
Free EARA event on openness in animal research in Switzerland, this November
The latest in the series of EARA science communications events, supported by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and...
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