#BOARD26 is already next Thursday! For the first time ever, #BOARD26 will be a theme-driven campaign, addressing the complementarity between animal research and new approach methodologies (#NAMs). Follow our social media channels to see all contributions and participate using #BOARD26.

Hibernation-like state reduces #BrainDamage in #mice and #monkeys after #stroke. Researchers in Capital Medical University found that the combination of 2 drugs induced a hibernation-like state that reduced brain injury after stroke in #mice and #RhesusMonkeys. Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/Alvwq

Vitamin B3 slows brain cancer progression in mice and patients 🧠 EARA member @ucalgary.bsky.social found niacin can activate the #ImmuneSystem to attack glioblastoma cells in #mice. Combined with standard therapy, it reduced #TumourGrowth and prolonged #survival. Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/0UKoG

Our Executive Director Kirk Leech spoke at the Westminster Forum Projects conference on #NAMs in the UK. He warned the EU's clashing #NAMs definitions risk regulatory incoherence, and urged the framing of NAMs as complementary to #AnimalResearch, not a replacement. Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/hU8Yg

EARA and @tcddublin.bsky.social held its first in-person #OpennessEvent in #Ireland, bringing together over 100 registrants at the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute to discuss how communications about animal research can become more open and effective. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/eara-op...

#AsthmaDrug restores memory in sleep-deprived #mice 🐭 Sleep-deprived mice couldn't recognise mice they'd met before, but an approved asthma drug, roflumilast, restored these social memories. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/asthma-... #AnimalResearch #Neuroscience #SleepScience

#SexHormones influence how a #drug reaches the #brain in #mice 🐁 A study in Israel found that an experimental brain disorder drug reaches the brain differently depending on the reproductive cycle stage of female mice. Learn more: 🔗

#Bees solve complex problems using tools 🐝 A study from the University of Oulu found the first evidence of complex thinking in insects: #bumblebees solved a novel problem without any training, rolling a ball to reach a sugar reward. 23/30 succeeded using only #memory. Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/BkH8G

#Patients and #researchers connect through EARA Discovery Days in Elche 🇪🇸 The Discovery Day offered participants a unique opportunity to explore how #BiomedicalResearch is advancing understanding of #ChronicPain, #Diabetes and rare diseases, such as #DravetSyndrome. Learn more: 🔗 shorturl.at/fe6J8

Blood test may predict #LungCancer risk years before diagnosis Research using #human and #mice data has developed a #BloodTest that could detect lung cancer risk five years before diagnosis. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/blood-t... #AnimalResearch #HumanData #CancerResearch

#SaveTheDate | EARA Conference 2027 📍 #Lisbon, #Portugal 🗓️ Thursday 4 - Friday 5 November 2027 Hosted with NOVA Medical School and Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. More details coming soon. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/projects/ear... #EARAConference2027 #ScienceConference

We are pleased to welcome UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG to EARA! 👏 Check out the full list of EARA members on our website: www.eara.eu/members #NewMember

Researchers induce effects of restorative sleep in awake #mice 🐭 Researchers @uwmadison.bsky.social used #optogenetics to consistently induce sleep-like brain activity in awake, sleep-deprived #mice mimicking restorative effects on #memory as actual sleep. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/researc...

Liver helps #HomingPigeons navigate Earth's magnetic field A study by the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social & the @unibonn.bsky.social found that iron-rich liver macrophages are key to magnetic navigation in pigeons. Learn more: 🔗

The #EuropeanCommission has published its #Roadmap towards phasing out #AnimalTesting for #ChemicalSafety assessments. #Non-animal approaches must match current safety level as that of the currently established methods. New Steering Team operational in 2026. Read more: 🔗

An international research team has identified a fish #gene that promotes rapid #growth and earlier #SexualMaturation in males but also increases the risk of #cancer and shortens lifespan. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/gene-li... #AnimalResearch #AgeingResearch #CancerResearch #CRISPR #GeneEditing

We are pleased to announce that a group of 18 Canadian organisations signed a pioneering #TransparencyAgreement committing to communicate openly and proactively about how and why animals are used in science in #Canada. 🔗 shorturl.at/2MrIN #AnimalResearch #Transparency

An article published by the @sciencemediacentre.es, by journalist Jesús Mendez, highlighted the importance of balanced communication when sharing discoveries of treatments that appear to be effective in #preclinical studies in animals. Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/article... #AnimalResearch

Researchers from EARA member University of Toronto and @mcgill.ca have identified a #brain circuit in #mice that causes negative experiences to amplify #pain, which could help develop better therapies to reduce pain. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/why-neg... #AnimalResearch #research #neuroscience

The @thetransmitter.bsky.social featured an awareness campaign by the Oregon Voices for Biomedical Research, alerting to the impact that the closure of the #ONPRC could have on biomedical research, amid negotiations to transform the facility into an animal sanctuary. 🔗 shorturl.at/IGBYA #NHP #US

Researchers from the University of Geneva have transplanted, into diabetic #mice, a graft with insulin-producing cells and endothelial cells that can restore long-term blood sugar control, offering a potential strategy to improve therapies for #Type1diabetes. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/cell-tr...

A #PatientDiscovery Day focused on cerebrovascular diseases and stroke recovery was held in Madrid, bringing together #stroke survivors and patient association representatives with research teams working to develop new therapeutic strategies for these conditions. 🔗 www.eara.eu/press-releas...

PrimeMeet Europe brought together representatives from primate centres, academia, industry, breeding companies and research organisations to discuss the future of non-human primate (#NHP) #research in #Europe and strengthen collaboration across the field. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/primeme...

Researchers at EARA member @mdc-berlin.bsky.social have shown that inflammation helps #zebrafish regenerate their hearts after injury, offering insights that could contribute to the development of new therapies for #heart repair. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/immune-... #AnimalResearch #immunity #inflammation

Researchers from RMIT University, Adelaide University and EARA member Trinity College Dublin, have uncovered why, in pregnant #mice, the #flu can be more dangerous during #pregnancy, identifying an immune sensor that becomes overactive and triggers harmful inflammation. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/severe-...

Researchers from EARA member @goetheuni.bsky.social have developed an artificial intelligence (#AI) tool that can learn from data obtained from animal studies and generate additional data, potentially reducing the number of animals needed in #research. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/ai-coul...

Researchers at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, using #mice and data from patients, have identified a protein involved in #metastasis in older individuals, which are responsible for most deaths due to cancer. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/why-age...

The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorisation of the first veterinary #vaccine in the EU using #RNA technology, designed to protect #cats against five common infectious diseases. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/ema-rec... #FELV #AnimalHealth #veterinary #EU #research #AnimalResearch

An online platform is being developed in Spain to support an earlier and more systematic integration of the 3Rs — replacement, reduction and refinement — in animal research. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/ai-plat... #3Rs #AnimalResearch #AI #Spain #NTS

We are pleased to welcome INFRAFRONTIER to EARA! 👏 Check out the full list of EARA members on our website: www.eara.eu/members

Researchers are still working to develop a vaccine against hantavirus, a rare but potentially deadly rodent-borne infection, following renewed concern after a recent outbreak linked to a cruise ship. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/hantavi... #hantavirus #AnimalResearch #vaccine #hamster #research

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed a gene therapy that was able to control an HIV-like infection in six #monkeys for more than one year after a single injection. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/single-... #HIV #AnimalResearch #GeneTherapy #science #research

A study at EARA member Karolinska Institutet, using mice and human liver cells, has identified a liver enzyme that may partly explain why men and women process cholesterol differently and show different risks of heart disease. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/liver-e... #Liver #AnimalResearch #Heart #cholesterol

Researchers from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), an EARA member, and Kyoto University, have developed an injectable gel that can repair damaged muscles involved in swallowing in rats. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/injecta... #Muscle #AnimalResearch #rats

Researchers @fmiscience.bsky.social have developed lab-grown organoids that can cyclically simulate the tissue renewal that occurs after #menstruation, which can potentially offer new insights into the understanding of uterine diseases. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/organoi... #NAM #organoid #WomenHealth

Helena Pinheiro, from EARA, calls on the scientific community to join #BOARD26, taking place on Thursday, 9 July 2026. We have extended the registration deadline for one more week! 👉️ Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/5CSia2vCw6 #BOARD #BOARD26 #NAMs #AnimalResearch #Science #Policy #Scicomm

EARA, Sapienza Università di Roma and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) held an in-person event in Rome on improving openness in communications about animal research in Italy. Learn more: www.eara.eu/news/eara-sa... #AnimalResearch #Openness #Transparency #research #NAMs

Our webinar 'Animal Research versus NAMs? An Inaccurate Narrative for Scientific Progress' brought together close to 800 attendees and speakers from academia, industry and regulation to explore how #NAMs and #AnimalResearch can work together in biomedical science. 🔗

A study from the University of Trieste has shown that the pressure generated by the beating heart can limit cancer growth in mice, helping explain why tumours in this organ are so rare. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/heartbe... #Cancer #AnimalResearch #Mice #heart

2 days left to register. Join #BOARD26 and help us show the value of both animals and NAMs in science. #AnimalResearch #NAMs #organoid #cell

A study from the Weizmann Institute of Science has mapped, with unprecedented detail, active genes in different #liver regions across several mammals, providing insights into exclusive human biology and disease susceptibility. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/study-a... #AnimalResearch #mammal #biology #disease

Researchers at EARA member KU Leuven have developed a technology that allows #monkeys to navigate a virtual environment using only their #brain activity, a potential solution for patients with neurological disorders. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/monkeys... #AnimalResearch #neuroscience #paralysis #virtual

Our episode of #TransparencyThursday with Roberto Garcia Swinburn, is now live! Roberto is a postdoc at Karolinska Institute @ki.se, in #Sweden, using #rodents and stem cells to develop new #therapies to treat Parkinson's Disease. 🔗 Video: youtu.be/SRo3ny-SIR0 #AnimalResearch #NAMs #Transparency

EARA members in Canada were featured in ‘Découverte’, a French Radio-Canada science documentary series, in an episode addressing #AnimalResearch, demonstrating #Canada’s openness about the use of animals in biomedical #research. #Science #Transparency #Openness 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/eara-me...

A study in #mice at the NYU Langone Health found that brain support cells can communicate with one another, suggesting they play a more active role in brain function. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/star-sh... #AnimalResearch #Astrocytes #Glia #Brain #BrainCommunication

A Canadian radio science show, has brought attention to the divisive discourse between #AnimalResearch and new approach methodologies (#NAMs), which can be detrimental for scientific progress and development of new therapeutic solutions. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/canadia... #misinformation #BOARD26

Researchers from @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social and @mdc-berlin.bsky.social, an EARA member, have created the first detailed map of the proteins that are involved in initiating #pain in #mice neurones, helping to identify potential therapeutic approaches for chronic pain. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/mice-st...

Our next webinar is just around the corner. It will explore the role of #NAMs in biomedical research, aiming to move beyond the “either/or” narrative and demonstrate how only together can NAMs and #AnimalResearch work to advance #science. Register: forms.office.com/e/vwkePDr7kq

Researchers at Cornell University reported an effective and reversible solution to male #contraception from studies with #mice. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/reversi... #AnimalResearch #MaleContraceptive #MensHealth #ReproductiveHealth

EARA partnered with EARA member @champalimaudr.bsky.social for a Discovery Day, inviting Young Parkies Portugal to explore the role of animal research in studying Parkinson’s disease. 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/eara-di... #PatientDiscovery #PatientEngagement #Parkinson #neuroscience