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Largest robotic surgical training centre in the world opens in Belgium

Bob Tolliday

Apr 23, 20191 min read

Largest robotic surgical training centre in the world opens in Belgium

Orsi Academy, the largest robotically assisted training centre found anywhere in the world has opened its new campus in Melle, Belgium....

Bob Tolliday

Apr 16, 20192 min read

2018: Another year of medical achievements thanks to animal research

A look back by EARA at some of the important discoveries in recent times The last year has once again seen an impressive list of medical...

Bob Tolliday

Mar 8, 20194 min read

Personhood for animals?

Animals are not capable of taking responsibility for their own actions, never mind having a say in how society is run, says EARA...

Animal research – a debate between a primate researcher and an opponent

Bob Tolliday

Mar 5, 20197 min read

Animal research – a debate between a primate researcher and an opponent

A moderated debate between Prof. Stefan Treue, (pictured below) animal physiologist, neuroscientist and director of the German Primate...

University of Munster launches Principles document on the ethical treatment of animals in testing.

Bob Tolliday

Mar 5, 20197 min read

University of Munster launches Principles document on the ethical treatment of animals in testing.

The University of Münster, in Germany, has launched its Principles on the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Scientific Research and...

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20194 min read

Vaccines Save Lives

The World Health Organisation (WHO) calls on European policymakers, health care workers and parents to increase vaccination efforts...

The Research Animals That Have Made A Difference

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20195 min read

The Research Animals That Have Made A Difference

Over the last 40 years, every Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine but one has depended on work using animals. From modern vaccines that...

Germany sees 7% rise in animal research procedures in 2016

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20193 min read

Germany sees 7% rise in animal research procedures in 2016

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft) has produced its 2016 annual...

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20192 min read

‘Bionic spine’ tested in sheep

Scientists in Australia have developed a ‘bionic spine’. This device has successfully been tested in sheep and will be implanted in three...

‘Mini-brains’ will add to alternative methods in neuroscience

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20191 min read

‘Mini-brains’ will add to alternative methods in neuroscience

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have developed ‘mini-brains’. The neurones in these mini-brains spontaneously send electrical...

First cases of cancer in naked mole-rats reported

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20191 min read

First cases of cancer in naked mole-rats reported

Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are remarkable animals that are widely studied in ageing, stroke and cancer research, thanks to...

Rhesus macaques taught to control wheelchairs by thought alone

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20191 min read

Rhesus macaques taught to control wheelchairs by thought alone

From Professor Miguel Nicolelis’ lab at Duke University in North Carolina – the team of researchers behind the exoskeleton which enabled...

Babies’ sight restored thanks to new surgical technique first tested in animals

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20191 min read

Babies’ sight restored thanks to new surgical technique first tested in animals

Thanks to an innovative new surgery first tested in rabbits and macaques, twelve babies born with cataracts have regained their sight....

Studying the Zika virus in rhesus macaques

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20197 min read

Studying the Zika virus in rhesus macaques

The 2016 Olympic Games are due to begin in Rio de Janeiro this weekend. In the lead-up to this year’s Games, the Zika virus has never...

Hundreds of scientists sign letter supporting primates in neuroscience

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20193 min read

Hundreds of scientists sign letter supporting primates in neuroscience

Over 400 primate and neuroscience researchers signed a letter supporting the use of non-human primates in neuroscience, which was...

Belgian researchers respond to misinformation about animal testing in an open letter

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20191 min read

Belgian researchers respond to misinformation about animal testing in an open letter

In response to recent misinformation about the use of animal experiments on the French-speaking television channel RTBF (9 November) in...

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 20193 min read

Three cheers for China’s cloned monkeys

It’s likely that you have heard of ‘Dolly’ the sheep, famously announced as the first mammal ever to be successfully cloned, in February...

Max Delbrück Center stands in support of important research study

Bob Tolliday

Nov 15, 20182 min read

Max Delbrück Center stands in support of important research study

A world-renowned German biomedical research institution has responded strongly to criticism from an activist group that has targeted one...

Bob Tolliday

Nov 15, 20183 min read

Opinion: Making sense of sentience

With a draft UK Animal Welfare Bill looking to put the concept of ‘animal sentience”directly into law and an ongoing debate about the...

Brain Prize winner emphasises essential need for animal research into Alzheimer’s

Bob Tolliday

Nov 15, 20182 min read

Brain Prize winner emphasises essential need for animal research into Alzheimer’s

Basic researchers into Alzheimer disease awarded major scientific prize Today it was announced that the 2018 Brain Prize will be awarded...

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