Can ‘mini brains’ replace lab animals? Organoids are changing how scientists study disease

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment. For decades, animals like mice, rats and pigs have been essential tools in ...
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The risk of lab experiments on animals extends to people, too

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Dr. Emily Talkington is a wildlife veterinarian specializing in primates I’m a wildlife ...

The age of animal experiments may be waning

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests ...
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4 rabbits died in UNT Health Science Center-contracted research lab project, animal rights group alleges

FORT WORTH, Texas — A national animal rights group is alleging violations of the Animal Welfare Act by a research organization contracted by University of North Texas Health Science Center led to the ...
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New tests confirm milk from flu-infected cows can make other animals sick — and raise questions about flash pasteurization

New lab experiments with milk from cows infected by H5N1 influenza, known as bird flu, confirm that it is infectious, especially when left raw, or untreated, and potentially even when flash ...
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Reimagining alternatives to animal testing

Around 348 B.C., Aristotle took a two-year trip to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos to study animals in a lagoon. Along with observing the creatures in their natural habitat and surmising, among ...
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EXCLUSIVE: House Scrutinizes NIH-Funded ‘Animal Cruelty,’ Experiments On ‘Transgender Lab Rats’ As DOGE Hunts For Cuts

A House committee will hold a hearing this week scrutinizing whether National Institutes of Health animal research amounts to unnecessary animal cruelty, just as the Department of Government ...
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Biden administration spent millions creating transgender animals to experiment on

The National Institutes of Health, under President Joe Biden, has spent millions of dollars funding experiments where animals are given sex-change procedures and studied for the benefit of the ...

Waste, Fauci and ‘Transgender’ Mice: How MAGA Is Warming to Animal Rights

The Trump administration is curbing animal experiments in response to shifts in public opinion, technological advances, years ...
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California Voice: Risk of lab experiments on animals extends to people, too

I’m a wildlife veterinarian specializing in monkeys, so I know there are ways to prevent the recent incident in Mississippi where eight monkeys escaped during transport from a research lab in New ...
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The risk of lab experiments on animals extends to people, too | Guest Commentary

I’m a wildlife veterinarian specializing in monkeys, so I know there are ways to prevent the recent incident in Mississippi where eight monkeys escaped during transport from a research lab in New ...