HIV and CRISPR
Two new potential therapies to fight HIV have been welcomed as World AIDS Day was marked last week. Researchers at Temple University,...
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Ana Barros
Nov 15, 20211 min read
3Rs awards
Prizes which recognised three innovations, that reduce the need for animals in research, have been won by scientists from China, the UK...
Ana Barros
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Therapy for a rare condition in children
After 30 years of research, a therapy has been approved to treat a rare condition that leaves children susceptible to seemingly harmless...
Ana Barros
Oct 25, 20211 min read
New #TransparencyThursday
A leading scientist on anxiety disorders, will be answering questions about her research using animals as part of EARA’s...
Bob Tolliday
Oct 25, 20211 min read
Pig kidney transplant
US doctors have successfully transplanted a kidney from a pig to a human, without triggering rejection. The surgery was the first...
Ana Barros
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Animal use and Covid-19 research
Researchers have highlighted the critical role that animals played in Covid-19 research in Germany. The team at the German Centre for the...
Ana Barros
Oct 11, 20211 min read
Nobel Prize and mice studies
Research with mice to understand the sensations of heat and touch has been recognised in this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
Ana Barros
Oct 4, 20211 min read
Awards recognise animal research
The role of animals in research has been recognised by one of the most prestigious US medicine awards. This year’s Albert Lasker Basic...
Ana Barros
Sep 20, 20211 min read
Fighting cancer with Covid technology
Recent studies have shown that vaccine technology used for Covid-19 has been effective in halting the growth of cancerous tumours in...
Ana Barros
Sep 20, 20211 min read
EARA marks awareness day with Lab Rat Chat interview
Marking this week’s Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD2021), EARA has interviewed Jeff Marshall, co-host of the Lab Rat Chat...
Ana Barros
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Organoids at global event
The 11th World Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing concluded last week, under the theme of 3Rs in Transition: From development to...
Ana Barros
Aug 30, 20211 min read
BRAD in September
Biomedical Research Awareness Day (BRAD) takes place next month for the second time this year. Organised by Americans for Medical...
Bob Tolliday
Aug 23, 20211 min read
Lonely fruit flies
A study of fruit flies by The Rockefeller University, New York, USA, has shown how loneliness can have a physical effect on the body....
Ana Barros
Jul 26, 20211 min read
EARA free event in August
EARA will hold an online science communication event as part of the FENS Regional Meeting next month. Improving Openness in Animal...
Ana Barros
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Heart failure & pig studies
US scientists have created a therapy which can help heart muscle self-repair after a heart attack. The team, at Baylor College of...
Ana Barros
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Lizards & skin cancer
A rare breed of gecko may hold answers about how skin cancer in humans and mammals. The lemon-frost yellow leopard gecko was observed by...
Bob Tolliday
Jul 5, 20211 min read
Dissolvable pacemakers
US scientists have developed a dissolvable pacemaker, that offers a short-term solution for patients recovering from heart surgery. The...
Ana Barros
Jun 29, 20213 min read
Get ready for Get on #BOARD21
On Thursday, a 24-hour social media campaign, involving 1,000 biomedical institutions across the world, will celebrate proactive...
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...
Bob Tolliday
Jun 28, 20211 min read
mRNA malaria vaccine
Scientists have developed an effective vaccine against malaria, using the mRNA technology first seen in the successful Covid-19 vaccines....
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