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Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

On April 10, the US Food and Drug Administration announced it would phase out animal testing for certain drug studies. The agency published a roadmap that outlines a six-prong approach to reducing ...

Experiments on animals (“in vivo” experiments) have long been the norm for learning about human health and disease, because testing on live animals enables researchers to investigate how chemicals, ...

Millions of animals each year are killed in U.S. laboratories as part of medical training and chemical, food, drug and cosmetic testing, according to the non-profit animal rights organization People ...

Animal testing in Connecticut rakes in millions in federal dollars each year at colleges and universities but, the National Institutes of Health recently announced it is pivoting from using just ...

Explore the debate surrounding animal testing as new methods may jeopardise patient safety if not properly validated.

The letter from Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!, a watchdog organization for lab research on animals, referenced a string of violations of federal policies on humane animal research, including ...

Larry Carbone offers an insider's perspective on the ethics of using animals in invasive research, the need for more compassion, and what must be done immediately on their behalf.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – BROOKLYN/STATEN ISLAND Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11) last week introduced legislation in Congress that would ban most animal testing in federal labs, named the Safeguard Pets, ...

The UK is making a bold, historic move: it’s trying to wind down animal testing. The government just unveiled a sweeping roadmap aiming to cut the use of animals in major safety tests by at least 35% ...