Today starts the #OrganDonationWeek and we take this opportunity to share the efforts that scientists are making to surpass the high demand of transplants in the world using animals. #transplantation #xenotransplantation #AnimalResearch

A new survey by the NCad has revealed that a substantial proportion of Dutch academics remain doubtful about the prospect of animal-free science. 🔗https://www.eara.eu/post/survey-reveals-overwhelming-scepticism-of-dutch-academics-towards-animal-free-science #Netherlands #Policy #AnimalResearch

Did you know that researchers can use fruit flies to better understand #Alzheimer's disease? On this #WorldAlzheimersDay, learn about #animals that contributed to our understanding of this disease that affects 55 million people worldwide. #ENDALZ #Alzheimers #dementia #AnimalResearch

Only 2 weeks left to register for #EARA2025! Don't miss this opportunity to shape the future of #AnimalResearch communication! 🚀 📆 6-7 November, 2025 📍Location: Berlin, Germany 🏛 Venues: Charité Berlin & Max Delbrück Center 🔗https://www.eara.eu/eara-conference-2025 #SciComm #Transparency

A review of animal experiments has identified clear opportunities to improve how studies are designed and analysed, which could increase the reliability and impact of research using animals.  Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/researc... #AnimalResearch #experiments #reliability

Researchers @Inserm.fr have discovered that stress during pregnancy can make the progeny susceptible to develop eczema, in a study using mice. Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/mice-st... #AnimalResearch #mice #eczema #newborn #pregnancy #stress

Queen’s University, an EARA member, has strongly defended its decades-long use of dogs in biomedical research, following Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s announcement that the province will introduce legislation to ban the use of dogs and cats in science. Read more: www.eara.eu/post/canadia...

Today is World Lymphoma Awareness Day, one of the most common cancers of our immune system. Did you know that #AnimalResearch had a crucial role for our understanding of the disease? #Lymphoma #LymphomaAwareness #WLAD2025

Today is #WorldSepsisDay. Data published in 2020 estimates 11 million sepsis-related deaths worldwide, representing about 20% of all global deaths. On this day we highlight the #AnimalResearch that is crucial for our understanding of sepsis. #StopSepsis #SepsisAwareness #GlobalHealth #PatientSafety

Do you work in biomedical research? Join the EARA Patient Discovery Project webinar and discover how you can be part of this unique initiative connecting patients with biomedical research. 📆 23 September, 11:00 - 12:45 CEST Register: pdp-webinar.eventbrite.co.uk

🐀🐒 Researchers at Kyoto University have tested a new drug that provides powerful #pain relief in mice and monkeys, without the dangers of opioids. Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/non-opi... #opioid #addiction #mice #monkey #AnimalResearch #PainResearch

🔬 Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new #method that turns the mouse scalp transparent, making it possible to image the living #brain during its development. Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/transpa... #AnimalResearch #3Rs #liveimaging #microscopy

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

Researchers at DZNE and LMU Munich have found that loss of the sense of smell can be one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s, before cognitive impairment — study using mice and humans. Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/smell-l... #alzheimers #endalz #research #AnimalResearch #brain #dementia

📍 At the 6th Meeting of the Turkish Laboratory Animal Association, at Aksaray University, Javier Guillen, EARA Board member and Senior Director for Europe & Latin America at AAALAC International, presented EARA’s vision & communication work to strengthen public understanding of animal research.

Scientists from the Berlin Institute of Health at EARA member Charité have discovered how the breast cancer drug tamoxifen can increase the risk of tumours in the uterus, in a study using mice. Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/mice-st... #cancer #breast #uterus #mice #AnimalResearch #tamoxifen

Whether you're beginning your journey in #AnimalResearch or already involved in experimental planning, reporting, or reviewing, our “Experimental design and statistics” course will give you the tools and understanding you need to do it well. clast.org.uk/diplomas/lev...

Join us in Berlin (6-7 Nov) to explore the future of transparency in #AnimalResearch! 🗣️🔬 Thanks to our our partnering sponsors Labcorp and @animalhealtheu.bsky.social 🔗https://www.eara.eu/eara-conference-2025 ✅ Expert talks & workshops ✅ Networking ✅ Key discussions on science communication

Oxford researchers have discovered a new “pain gene” that could lead to safer, more effective treatments for chronic pain. Using genetic data from people - and confirming results in mice - the team revealed how nerve cells send pain signals. 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08... #AnimalResearch

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that ageing cat brains show similar hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease in humans. Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/study-i... #cats #AnimalResearch #dementia #Alzheimers

Calling out to patient communities to join the first EARA Patient Discovery webinar and share your experiences with researchers working on the condition you live with. 📅 23 September, 11:00 - 12:45 CEST Register here: pdp-webinar.eventbrite.co.uk

If you want to make sure your projects achieve their goals while maintaining the highest scientific and ethical standards, our "Experimental design for in vivo research" course will give you the knowledge and confidence to do just that. #AWERB #AnimalResearch clast.org.uk/diplomas/lev...

Using transparent zebrafish embryos, scientists at @crick.ac.uk filmed beating hearts in 3D and revealed how cells stretch + move to build vital structures. 🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-08... #Zebrafish #AnimalResearch

Scientists from UCLA used sequencing and imaging techniques to map the development of the ovarian reserve in monkeys, from embryos to after birth. Read more: www.eara.eu/post/first-a... #AnimalResearch #RhesusMonkeys #fertility #ovaries

Researchers at Tel Aviv University and biotech company Matricelf are preparing to test the first-ever implantation of patients’ own spinal cord cells to restore mobility in paralysed individuals — a breakthrough made possible by foundational experiments in mice. 🔗

This Blood Cancer Awareness Month we highlight the therapies that were made possible due to research using animals. #AnimalResearch #BloodCancerAwarenessMonth #Leukaemia #Lymphoma #Myeloma #BloodCancer #Therapy

Researchers @ibecbarcelona.eu captured the first video of a human embryo implanting in a uterus, which could help improve understanding of the natural process and improve fertility and assisted reproduction techniques. Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/synthet... #AnimalResearch #NAM #mice #human

Join us in Berlin to explore the future of transparency in #AnimalResearch! 🗣️🔬 Thanks to our bronze sponsors BD, Vigilitech, Inotiv, DeepEn, Plexx B.V., TSE Systems, Avidity Science and ZOONLAB. ✅ Expert talks & workshops ✅ Networking ✅ Key discussions on sci comm 🔗 www.eara.eu/eara-confere...

Tiny #flatworms could help make research more ethical by reducing the number of experiments on rats and mice in the development of antipsychotic drugs, explains Professor Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy (Reading School of Pharmacy). #AnimalResearch #AnimalTesting #Planaria

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used artificial intelligence to discover two new antibiotics that can clear superbugs in mice infected with MRSA and drug-resistant gonorrhoea. Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/AI-desi... #AI #AntibioticResistance #MRSA #Antibiotic

Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children @sickkidsto.bsky.social & EARA member University of Toronto @utoronto.ca have discovered why a group of childhood #brain cancers are resistant to radiation therapy in a study using #mice. #AnimalResearch #medulloblastoma 🔗 www.eara.eu/post/study-i...

🦠 Research from Japan showed that a combination of two naturally occurring bacteria - P. mirabilis and R. palustris - eliminated tumours in mice. Read more: www.eara.eu/post/bacteri... #AnimalResearch #cancer #bacteria

Join us in Berlin (6-7 Nov) to explore the future of transparency in #AnimalResearch! 🗣️🔬 Thanks to our silver sponsors Bioculture Group, Fine Science Tools, Marshall BioResources & MATACHANA. ✅ Expert talks & workshops ✅ Networking ✅ Key discussions on science comm 🔗 www.eara.eu/eara-confere...

We express deep concern over the recent dangerous precedent of political interference in #Canada regarding research involving #dogs. Decisions about biomedical research should be guided by fact-based evaluation and evidence, not crude political grandstanding.  More: www.eara.eu/post/the-dan...

✨ A man with type 1 diabetes can now produce his own insulin after receiving a transplant of genetically edited pancreatic cells. The procedure was tested for the first time in a human, following earlier tests in mice and monkeys. Read more: www.eara.eu/post/from-mi... #AnimalResearch #diabetes

Researchers across the globe wrote a position paper regarding the critical role of non-human primates in advancing Parkinson’s disease and research on ageing. Read more: www.eara.eu/post/positio... Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #policy #NHP #AnimalResearch #Brain #Parkinson #ageing

Researchers at @harvardmed.bsky.social found that #lithium could protect and reverse all major pathologies associated with #Alzheimer's disease - study using human samples & mice. 🔗https://www.eara.eu/post/lithium-could-reverse-alzheimer-s-symptoms-study-in-mice-and-humans

Research from the United States shows that semaglutide, the active component of weight loss drugs #Wegovy and #Ozempic, slowed biological ageing, improved cognition and reduced alcohol use in two different clinical trials. Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/weight-...

Join us in Berlin (6-7 Nov) to explore the future of transparency in #AnimalResearch! 🗣️🔬 Thanks to our gold sponsors Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs, Charles River Laboratories & Novartis. ✅ Expert talks & workshops ✅ Networking ✅ Key discussions on science communication 🔗 www.eara.eu/eara-confere...

We are pleased to welcome McMaster University to EARA! Check out the full list of EARA members on our website: eara.eu/our-members

🐁 Researchers at EARA member @utoronto.ca found that after recovery from temporary inflammation and #pain in one of the hind paws, mice exposed to the scent of a predator displayed exaggerated fear responses and developed long-lasting pain in both hind paws. Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/trauma-...

A US study in mice found that Lactobacillus gasseri protected against Clostridioides difficile infection — a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea — while others, like L. acidophilus, made the infection worse. 🔗 www.eara.eu/post/not-all... #Microbiome #AnimalResearch

Last week, Mauritius hosted the Primate Management Conference, uniting global experts to discuss non human #primate welfare, ethics & collaboration - the event highlighted Mauritius’ key role in advancing #BiomedicalResearch

🎙️Andy Ridgway will speak in Session 1: Effective Science Communication and Media #EARAconference Don’t miss the chance to hear from leading voices in animal research and communication. More info: www.eara.eu/eara-confere...

US scientists at @jhu.edu have built the first multi-region brain organoid 🧠 from human cells to study complex neurological diseases like autism and schizophrenia. www.eara.eu/post/new-mul... #BrainResearch #organoids #AnimalResearch #3Rs

Ferret studies at @jhu.edu show past seasonal flu infections may offer short-lived, limited protection against bird flu (H5N1), echoing findings in humans. www.eara.eu/post/seasona... #Influenza #H5N1 #AnimalResearch #ferrets

Researchers from Tabula Microcebus Consortium have mapped nearly 780,000 brain cells of the mouse lemur 🐒, uncovering unique primate cell types and highlighting its potential as a model for brain evolution and disease. www.eara.eu/post/mouse-l... #AnimalResearch #brain #primates

Today is #WorldLungCancerDay. Did you know that #AnimalResearch contributed to our understanding of the disease and to develop current treatments?

Researchers at Stanford Medicine have been able to safely generate CAR-T cells within the body of #mice, possibly solving major limitations of this therapy, which revolutionised the treatment of many blood cancers.  Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/mice-st... #cancer #leukeamia #AnimalResearch

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of deaths in the world. Researchers at CNIC identified a molecule produced by #bacteria in the gut that could aid in the early diagnosis and treatment of #atherosclerosis, a type of #CardiovascularDisease. Learn more: www.eara.eu/post/solutio...