The UK government has unveiled a new roadmap to accelerate the phase-out of animals used in science by supporting researchers to transition to alternative methods. 

A recent opinion article in The Transmitter by US neuroscientists Cory Miller, from the University of California, San Diego, J. Anthony Movshon, from New York University, and Doris Tsao, from the University of California, Berkeley, raised concerns over the recent policy changes in Europe and the US that would scale back animal research – including in primates.  

EARA has published a new feature article exploring the vital role of animals in basic research and the advances in non-animal methods in this field.

A study in the US has found that not all probiotic bacteria are beneficial after antibiotic treatment, with some types of probiotics...