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Germany statistics on 2017 animal use released
The total number of animals used in research in 2017 in Germany was 2.8 million, a similar level to 2015 and 2016, the latest figures...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 10, 20191 min read
Statement: European Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes
Given the importance of animal research in science and scientific developments, a coalition of leading research funders, research...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
Primate poposal by Netherlands government ‘will severely limit progress on biomedical research’.
EARA has responded to a call by the Dutch Science Minister for the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), in the Netherlands, an EARA...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 min read
FENS joins EARA to support the responsible use of animals in research
MEDIA RELEASE Brussels/London, 17 March 2015 The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) is actively committed to the...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 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...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20195 min read
Transparency Agreement on animal research in Portugal
The Transparency Agreement on Animal Research in Portugal (Acordo de Transparência sobre Investigação Animal em Portugal) is a...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 min read
Dutch Parliament backs primate research
In response to calls to reduce the number of experiments with non-human primates (NHP) by up to 40% in the Netherlands the Dutch...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
Great Britain’s biomedical research statistics for 2017 indicate fewer animals used for second conse
The latest figures released by the Home Office show a decrease in the overall use of animals in biomedical research in Great Britain’s...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 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, 20193 min read
British Airways accused of breaking U.S. federal law by refusing to carry animals intended for resea
The U.S. National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR), has accused four airlines operating in the USA, including British Airways,...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
EARA looks ahead with strategic objectives for next five years
EARA has set out the association’s vision and mission and its strategic objectives up until to 2023, following its General Assembly in...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 min read
Neuroscientists hit back at MEPs statement
The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) has responded to the recent European Parliament’s Intergroup on the Welfare and...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
The wild card of animal rights’ groups: Freedom of Information requests
EARA and Understanding Animal Research, one of our UK partners, promote the importance of universities and other research institutions...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20194 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...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 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...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
Australian scientist stands up for primate research
There is currently a bill before the Australian Parliament, introduced by Green Party senator Lee Rhiannon, proposing to ban the...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
Dutch animal research statistics: 18% more procedures than in 2013
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit, NVWA) published Zo doende 2014, its...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20192 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...
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....
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
Dutch Parliament passes motion to phase out non-human primate research
Last week, the Dutch Parliament passed a motion supported by all parties asking Government to investigate completely phasing out...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 8, 20191 min read
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