Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: Partner organisations & statements
This year, Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022 (#BOARD22), took place on the last day of the FELASA Congress (16 June). More than 150...
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Maria Vlastara
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: #TransparencyThursday
EARA #TransparencyThursday, which features regularly on our Instagram feed (and also on YouTube), is an initiative that gives the public...
Maria Vlastara
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: Case studies and articles
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022 (#BOARD22), took place on the last day of the FELASA Congress (16 June). Many institutions across...
Maria Vlastara
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022: Videos & live stream interviews
This year, Be Open About Animal Research Day 2022 (#BOARD22), took place on the last day of the FELASA congress (16 June), and to...
Maria Vlastara
May 16, 20221 min read
Peptides plan to treat brain tumours
Using mice and cell models, scientists have revealed a new treatment for one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. Glioblastoma...
Bob Tolliday
Apr 25, 20221 min read
The future of experimental models in biomedical research
A webinar will be held this week to discuss a UK public research body report into the current use of different models in biomedical...
Ana Barros
Apr 18, 20221 min read
New strategy to prevent clogged arteries
Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA, has found a new way to prevent clogged arteries. Atherosclerosis – a condition...
Ana Barros
Apr 4, 20221 min read
Funding both sexes animal research
One of the UK’s major funding bodies is to make the use of both sexes a condition of any research animal studies it supports. Starting in...
Ana Barros
Mar 7, 20221 min read
#LetsTalkSciComm
In the latest edition of EARA’s #LetsTalkSciComm series, Sam Shingles, Communities Officer from UK-based campaign group Sense about...
Ana Barros
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Zebrafish and MS
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh, UK, have taken a step forward in understanding multiple sclerosis (MS), using zebrafish. In MS...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Apply for 3Rs prize
The annual UK NC3Rs prize, calling for excellent examples of replacement, reduction and refinement in the use of animals in research, is...
Ana Barros
Feb 14, 20221 min read
New way to deliver drugs to the brain
UK scientists have found a way to deliver drugs to the brain using ultrasound. Teams at King’s College London, and Imperial College...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 9, 20222 min read
UK border delays will affect the biomedical sector - EARA release
EARA’s concerns about the increased burdens on exports for the life science sector have been echoed in a report on UK trade by an...
Ana Barros
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Fruit flies & eye disease
Research in Portugal has taken a step forward in understanding blindness, through the eyes of fruit flies. Retinitis Pigmentosa – an eye...
Ana Barros
Jan 4, 20221 min read
Trust in scientists
A worldwide survey on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has shown a strong increase in trust in science and scientists since 2018. The...
Ana Barros
Dec 13, 20211 min read
Sex selection & gene editing
A method of gene-editing that can produce single-sex litters of mice could prove a major boost to animal welfare in scientific research...
Ana Barros
Dec 13, 20211 min read
UAR Openness Awards
The annual Openness Awards, hosted by Understanding Animal Research, UK, took place in person last week, rewarding excellent examples of...
Ana Barros
Dec 6, 20211 min read
EARA at Oxford webinar
An online event, tomorrow (7 Dec) to discuss developments in 3Rs practices will also feature a talk by EARA Executive Director, Kirk...
Ana Barros
Nov 29, 20211 min read
EARA at events in Portugal
EARA will take part in a discussion on the recent vote by the EU Parliament to end animal research, and its potential impact in Europe,...
Ana Barros
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Climate change & animal research
Marking the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK, have has highlighted some ways that animal research...
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