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European Animal Research Association | Informing about the importance of biomedical research using animals and the progress of new approach methodologies.

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#Sex shapes skin renewal and wound healing in #mice. #Wounds heal faster in #female mice than in #males, with #SexHormones influencing skin #regeneration, shown ULB and Cambridge researchers. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/sex-sha... #AnimalResearch #SkinHealth #WoundHealing #SexDifferences

eara.euEARA | News - Sex shapes skin renewal and wound healing in miceResearchers in Belgium and the UK have found that wounds heal faster in female mice than in males, with sex hormones influencing how their skin regenerates. The skin’s outer layer is constantly…
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The @zdf.de documentary “Geheimsache Tierversuche” gives the #misleading impression that #German #researchers are secretive about work with #animals. Researchers from @uni-muenster.de and @uni-bremen.de say otherwise, and 130+ signatories back the German #TransparencyAgreement. 🔗 shorturl.at/FrjDb

eara.euEARA | News - German animal research is more transparent than ZDF documentary suggestsZDF, a public German television broadcaster, has released the documentary 37°: Geheimsache Tierversuche (meaning “Secret Animal Testing”), by reporter Manfred Karremann, which creates the misleading…
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Last call: What Does #AnimalResearch Really Look Like? ⏰ EARA’s fourth #webinar is next #Tuesday, 27 Oct, 15:00–16:30 CET, #online. #Free but mandatory #registration. #Certificates of attendance issued after the #webinar. Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/094G3

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Easy-access #therapeutic #food recovers #rats from #malnutrition 🐀 @hebrewu.bsky.social #researchers created a plant-based therapeutic #food from chickpeas, sorghum, corn and soybeans that reversed #malnutrition in #rats, targeting regions like sub-Saharan #Africa. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/easy-ac...

eara.euEARA | News - Easy-access therapeutic food recovers rats from malnutritionResearchers from Israel have created a therapeutic food from locally available ingredients that reversed malnutrition in rats, targeting regions like sub-Saharan Africa.  Almost five million…
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Industry #survey challenges the 90% failure rate of #AnimalTests in #DrugDevelopment 💊 An IQ Consortium #survey of 45 pharma #companies found 98% use #cell models and 84% use #computer models, so progression to #HumanTrials relies not just #AnimalStudies. Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/GUhkE

eara.euEARA | News - Industry survey challenges the 90% failure rate of animal tests in drug developmentA survey of global pharmaceutical companies shows broad use of non-animal methods in early drug development, with limited adoption in later stages and regulatory approval.  Before moving to human…
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EARA Conference 2027: Animal research or new approaches? A battle for public trust 📅 4–5 November 2027 | Lisbon, Portugal Secure your sponsorship package: approx. 12 exhibition spaces and limited Industry Session slots. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/projects/ear... #AnimalResearch #EARAConference2027

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Modified drug reduces endometriosis symptoms in mice 🐭 @wsupullman.bsky.social researchers modified a drug used for parasitic infections, reducing pain sensitivity and endometriosis-like lesions in mice. A potential alternative to hormone-based treatments and surgery. 🔗 shorturl.at/W6AuH

eara.euEARA | News - Modified drug reduces endometriosis symptoms in miceUS researchers have modified a drug used to treat parasitic infections that reduced pain sensitivity and endometriosis-like lesions in mice, offering a potential alternative to hormone-based…
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#AnimalResearch is often misrepresented #online. 🐀 This video from the iCBR, FMUC shows a refinement procedure in a #rat. #Submit your images to EARA's #MediaBank and help us change the wrong #perceptions about what #AnimalResearch looks like. 🔗 shorturl.at/uffVH Let's change this picture!

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EARA brings #researchers together to discuss #AnimalResearch in #Germany EARA and @uni-magdeburg.de brought around 50 #researchers together to discuss openness on #AnimalResearch, including non-human primate studies. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/eara-br... #NHP #Openness

eara.euEARA | News - EARA brings researchers together to discuss animal research in GermanyThe European Animal Research Association (EARA) and Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU) held an Openness Event in Magdeburg, Germany, on 6 October, bringing together around 50 researchers…
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African green #monkeys show promise for research into the early stages of #Alzheimer’s @yale.edu #researchers found no #memory decline in #monkeys a year after exposure to synthetic Aβ clusters, despite persistent #brain changes. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/african... #NHP #AnimalResearch

eara.euEARA | News - African green monkeys show promise for research into the early stages of Alzheimer’sA US study has found that African green monkeys showed no measurable memory decline despite persistent Alzheimer’s-related brain changes one year after exposure to synthetic amyloid-β (Aβ) clusters,…
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To make lab-grown #brain tissue behave like a #brain, you have to put it in an #animal EARA #OpinionPiece on Stanford #research: human brain #organoids transplanted into #animals develop characteristics the lab alone cannot reproduce. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/to-make... #NAMs

eara.euEARA | News - To make lab-grown brain tissue behave like a brain, you have to put it in an animalIn a new EARA opinion piece, originally published on LinkedIn, where it garnered over 50,000 views, Executive Director Kirk Leech examines research from Stanford showing that human brain organoids…
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#AnimalResearch is often misrepresented #online. 🐀 This image from Radboud University shows a #mouse in #BrainResearch. #Submit your images to EARA's #MediaBank and help us change the wrong #perceptions about what #AnimalResearch looks like. 🔗 www.eara.eu/transparency... #WhatARLooksLike

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Xtalks #webinar series examines the role of #monkeys in #TranslationalResearch Bioculture Group and EARA partner with Xtalks on a #webinar series. The 1st session explored how #NHP #studies have contributed to #medical progress and how they can inform #ClinicalResearch. 🔗 shorturl.at/iXtQb

eara.euEARA | News - Xtalks webinar series examines the role of monkeys in translational researchThe Bioculture Group and EARA have partnered with Xtalks – The Life Science Community™ to launch a four-part webinar series on the science, regulation and responsible use of non-human primates (NHPs)…
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What Does #AnimalResearch Really Look Like? Join EARA’s #webinar! Photos of #AnimalResearch are often outdated or out of context. Speakers share how #institutions provide #accurate visual #material. 📅 27 Oct, 15:00–16:30 CET, online Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/094G3

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#Spain supports the use of #AnimalsInResearch A poll by the #BBVAFoundation found that one in two people in #Spain supports the use of #animals in research. 16% said it was not a problem at all and 34% a minor problem. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/spain-s... #AnimalResearch #PublicOpinion

eara.euEARA | News - Spain supports the use of animals in researchA poll in Spain addressing public perception regarding animals has found that one in two people supports the use of animals in research.  The BBVA Foundation asked 2.020 people over eighteen years…
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Diagnosis of #patients with a #RareDisease using #flies and #AI #AI flagged a rare BRSK1 #gene alteration missed by standard analysis. Studies in #FruitFlies showed the #gene is involved in communication between #neurones. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/diagnos... #BaylorCollegeOfMedicine

eara.euEARA | News - Diagnosis of patients with a rare disease using flies and AIBy combining studies in flies with artificial intelligence (AI), researchers in the US have identified alterations in a gene that may cause a rare neurodevelopmental condition in ten patients. …
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From #algae to #animals: #NobelPrize awarded for technique to #study the #brain 2026 #NobelPrize: Deisseroth (Stanford), Hegemann and Nagel @maxplanck.de for #Optogenetics. Light activated #neurones in living #mice. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/from-al... #Neuroscience #AnimalResearch

eara.euEARA | News - From algae to animals: Nobel Prize awarded for technique to study the brainThe 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries leading to the development of optogenetics, a technique that makes…
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Tiny #BloodClots guide placental development in #mice #Research from Hannover Medical School on pregnant #mice in #Germany showed that tiny #BloodClots regulate maternal blood flow through the #placenta to support #HealthyDevelopment. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/tiny-bl... #AnimalResearch

eara.euEARA | News - Tiny blood clots guide placental development in miceResearch in Germany on pregnant mice showed that tiny blood clots regulate maternal blood flow through the placenta to support healthy development.  The placenta supplies the developing baby with…
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Device allows #BrainResearch in #mice in their #NaturalEnvironments 🐭📡 A new wireless device lets #researchers record #brain activity in the wild, not just in the lab, allowing the study of complex natural #behaviours. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/device-... #AnimalResearch #Neuroscience

eara.euEARA | News - Device allows brain research in mice in their natural environmentsResearchers in the US have developed a wireless device that can record the brain activity of mice while moving in their natural habitats, allowing the study of complex behaviours that cannot be…
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The final part of #TransparencyThursday with Loren Martin is out! 🐭🧪 Does Loren use #non-animal #methods? Yes – lab-grown #cells and #human volunteers, alongside #mouse studies. The model selected depends on the question being asked. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/projects/tra...

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Existing #drug avoids #heart damage in #mice caused by #chemotherapy 💊❤️ A #cancer #drug called SAHA helped protect #mouse hearts from damage caused by #chemotherapy drug doxorubicin, researchers at Heidelberg University found. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/existin... #AnimalResearch #HeartHealth

eara.euEARA | News - Existing drug avoids heart damage in mice caused by chemotherapyResearch from Germany showed that an existing cancer drug could help prevent heart damage caused by a type of chemotherapy in mice.  Doxorubicin is a common drug used to treat a variety of cancers,…
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Supplement reverses damage in #rats exposed to #opioids before #birth 🧠 A #dietary supplement partially reversed #brain and #behavioural effects of prenatal #opioid exposure in #rats, UNSW #researchers found. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/supplem... #AnimalResearch #OpioidCrisis #GutHealth

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#GeneTherapy silences #HepatitisB virus in #mice 🧬 A #therapy developed in Italy (San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy) and the US (nChroma Bio) reduced #HBV activity in #mice and proved safe in #monkeys, paving the way for #ClinicalTrials. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/gene-th...

eara.euEARA | News - Gene therapy silences hepatitis B virus in miceResearchers in Italy and the US have developed a gene therapy that reduced hepatitis B virus (HBV) activity in mice and was found to be safe in monkeys, backing its progression to clinical trials. …
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#NCad publishes renewed advice on transition towards a #society without #AnimalExperiments #NCad keeps its ultimate #goal but shifts #focus to changing the wider #research system. No end date is set. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/ncad-pu... #AnimalResearch #3Rs #ResearchPolicy

eara.euEARA | News - NCad publishes renewed advice on transition towards a society without animal experimentsOn 9 September 2026, the Netherlands National Committee for the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (NCad) published ‘From niche to norm – Transition Policy Advice: working together…
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#Implant releasing #drugs prevents #ear amage in #GuineaPigs NTU #researchers developed a drug-releasing ear #electrode. In #GuineaPigs it reduced #inflammation and improved auditory responses. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/implant... #AnimalResearch #HearingLoss #Audiology

eara.euEARA | News - Implant releasing drugs prevents ear damage in guinea pigsA study from Taiwan developed an ear implant with drugs that reduced inflammation and tissue damage and improved auditory responses in guinea pigs.  Cochlear implants are medical…
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Part 3 of #TransparencyThursday with Loren Martin from @utm.utoronto.ca is out! 🧠💊 Loren answers: does the overuse of medications cause chronic pain? And why is there a big push for non-opiate-based therapeutics? #AnimalResearch #TransparencyThursday #Neuroscience #BrainResearch #ChronicPain

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Tiny #vesicles protect #mice from #meningitis toxin @ki.se researchers developed #vesicles that capture #pneumolysin, a bacterial #toxin. In infected #mice the vesicles delayed severe #disease and increased #survival. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/tiny-ve... #MiceResearch #Neuroscience

eara.euEARA | News - Tiny vesicles protect mice from meningitis toxinResearchers in Sweden have developed tiny vesicles that reduced damage to brain cells in mice infected with bacteria that cause meningitis.  Bacterial meningitis affects the protective lining of the…
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#AnimalResearch for #ScienceCommunicators: 🗓 29 September | Online. Limited vacancies. Members: limited free tickets + additional €150. Non-members: €200. Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/jrrnx #Communication #Scicomm #MediaTraining #Training

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EARA and Bioculture Group are partnering with Xtalks on a new webinar series on the #science, regulation and responsibility behind #NonHumanPrimates #research. First session: Fri 25 Sept, 11am EDT / 5pm CEST. #Free to attend. Learn more: 🔗 xtalks.com/webinars/ass... #AnimalResearch #3Rs

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Social networks, activism and media crisis. In this workshop you will work on real strategies to communicate research with animals in a responsible way. #AnimalResearch #Communication #Scicomm #MediaTraining #Training #EARA #Research

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Drug gives #mice long-lasting protection against severe #malaria Researchers at EARA member @gimminstitute.bsky.social found that #cabamiquine cleared #malaria infection in #mice and protected them from severe #disease when exposed to the #parasite again weeks to months later. 🔗 shorturl.at/SyY6X

eara.euEARA | News - Drug gives mice long-lasting protection against severe malariaResearchers in Portugal have found that a new antimalarial drug gives mice long-lasting protection against severe disease when exposed to malaria for a second time. …
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How to use #SocialMedia to debunk #misinformation. We went to the 62nd GV-SOLAS Annual Meeting, where Helena Pinheiro, EARA Communications & Social Media Officer, talked about #misinformation on #AnimalResearch and #NAMs online, and how #BOARD26 helped the #GermanResearch community push back.

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Part 2 of #TransparencyThursday with Loren Martin is out! 🐭🧠 Why do #researchers need #mice to study chronic #pain in humans? Loren explains how #stress, prior experience, #expectation and #SocialEnvironment influence the persistence of #pain. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/projects/tra...

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#Protein that repairs the gut also enables #cancer spread in #mice 🧬 #Researchers at @mskcancercenter.bsky.social found colorectal #cancer cells hijack a gut-repair #protein to spread to other #organs, but losing it entirely made tumours more treatment-resistant. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/protein...

eara.euEARA | News - Protein that repairs the gut also enables cancer spread in miceUS researchers have identified a protein that helps the gut repair itself after injury but that colorectal cancer cells also use to spread to other organs in mice.  Colorectal cancer is one of…
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#Drug doubles life expectancy of pancreatic cancer patients 💊 The #FDA approved #daraxonrasib, from Revolution Medicines, after patients in a #Phase3 clinical trial lived twice as long as those on #chemotherapy. The drug was studied in #mice and #monkeys before #HumanTrials. 🔗 shorturl.at/BHYZd

shorturl.atEARA | News - Drug doubles life expectancy of pancreatic cancer patientsThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a drug for advanced pancreatic cancer following a phase 3 clinical trial in which patients lived twice as long as those who were treated…
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#Researchers from EARA member Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and colleagues combined 734 #macaque #brain stimulation studies into an open #database, helping #scientists avoid unnecessary duplication of #AnimalExperiments. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/databas... #Neuroscience #3Rs

eara.euEARA | News - Database helps avoid duplication in brain stimulation studies using monkeysResearchers in Europe have created an open database of decades of macaque brain stimulation research to help scientists plan new studies and avoid unnecessary duplication of animal experiments. …
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Communicating #research with #animals on social networks and in the media requires #strategy, #consistency and anticipation of public scrutiny. This #workshop is dedicated to those who communicate science in #public contexts. #AnimalResearch #Communication #Scicomm #MediaTraining #Training #EARA

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Assessing the Use of #Non-Human Primates in Translational #Research Today 🐒 EARA and Bioculture Group are partnering with Xtalks on a #WebinarSeries on the #science, regulation and responsibility behind #NHPresearch. Fri 25 Sept, 11am EDT/5pm CEST. #Free to attend. 🔗 shorturl.at/7cunk

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#Human and #monkey #StemCells develop into early sperm in #mice 🧬 #Researchers transplanted reprogrammed #human and #macaque stem cells into #mice, where they developed into early-stage sperm cells - new hope for #FertilityResearch. Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/AETaa #RhesusMacaque #Mice

eara.euEARA | News - Human and monkey stem cells develop into early sperm in miceUS researchers found a way to develop early-stage sperm cells in mice from human and non-human primate stem cells, providing new hope for fertility challenges.  Despite major advancements in…
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Tumour-like structures may help #HIV hide from the #ImmuneSystem 🧬 #Researchers found that in #RhesusMonkeys, tissue where an HIV-like virus (SIV) persists resembles “cold” tumours that keep immune cells out - a clue for future HIV #treatments. Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/4GKLg #Immunology

eara.euEARA | News - Tumour-like structures may help HIV hide from the immune systemResearch from the US has found that areas of tissue where an HIV-like virus persists in non-human primates share features with some tumours that are particularly good at keeping immune cells out,…
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#AnimalStudies remain essential to develop #cancer drugs 🔬 João Conde argues in a new #opinion piece that #organoids and other #NAMs can answer specific, localised questions, but can't yet replace #AnimalStudies for understanding #cancer drugs behave. Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/Fh3Dc

eara.euEARA | News - Animal studies remain essential to develop cancer drugsAn opinion article in Trends in Biotechnology by João Conde, a nanomedicine and clinical oncology researcher at EARA member NOVA Medical School in Portugal, argues that organoids cannot replace…
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#Brain “GPS” #cells determine where to go in #rats 🧠🐀 NTNU #researchers, including Nobel laureates May-Britt and Edvard Moser, found grid cells (the brain's GPS) direct attention to a target in #rats, even before they move. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/brain-g... #Neuroscience #BrainResearch

eara.euEARA | News - Brain “GPS” cells determine where to go in ratsResearchers in Norway discovered that a specific type of brain cell directs rats’ attention for a target before they move.  Brain grid cells, neurones that fire in hexagonal patterns, are commonly…