Animal research – a debate between a primate researcher and an opponent
A moderated debate between Prof. Stefan Treue, (pictured below) animal physiologist, neuroscientist and director of the German Primate...
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Bob Tolliday
- Mar 5, 2019
- 7 min
University of Munster launches Principles document on the ethical treatment of animals in testing.
The University of Münster, in Germany, has launched its Principles on the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Scientific Research and...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 4 min
Vaccines Save Lives
The World Health Organisation (WHO) calls on European policymakers, health care workers and parents to increase vaccination efforts...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 5 min
The Research Animals That Have Made A Difference
Over the last 40 years, every Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine but one has depended on work using animals. From modern vaccines that...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 3 min
Germany sees 7% rise in animal research procedures in 2016
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft) has produced its 2016 annual...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 2 min
‘Bionic spine’ tested in sheep
Scientists in Australia have developed a ‘bionic spine’. This device has successfully been tested in sheep and will be implanted in three...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
‘Mini-brains’ will add to alternative methods in neuroscience
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have developed ‘mini-brains’. The neurones in these mini-brains spontaneously send electrical...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
First cases of cancer in naked mole-rats reported
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are remarkable animals that are widely studied in ageing, stroke and cancer research, thanks to...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
Rhesus macaques taught to control wheelchairs by thought alone
From Professor Miguel Nicolelis’ lab at Duke University in North Carolina – the team of researchers behind the exoskeleton which enabled...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
Babies’ sight restored thanks to new surgical technique first tested in animals
Thanks to an innovative new surgery first tested in rabbits and macaques, twelve babies born with cataracts have regained their sight....
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 7 min
Studying the Zika virus in rhesus macaques
The 2016 Olympic Games are due to begin in Rio de Janeiro this weekend. In the lead-up to this year’s Games, the Zika virus has never...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 3 min
Hundreds of scientists sign letter supporting primates in neuroscience
Over 400 primate and neuroscience researchers signed a letter supporting the use of non-human primates in neuroscience, which was...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
Belgian researchers respond to misinformation about animal testing in an open letter
In response to recent misinformation about the use of animal experiments on the French-speaking television channel RTBF (9 November) in...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 3 min
Three cheers for China’s cloned monkeys
It’s likely that you have heard of ‘Dolly’ the sheep, famously announced as the first mammal ever to be successfully cloned, in February...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 15, 2018
- 2 min
Max Delbrück Center stands in support of important research study
A world-renowned German biomedical research institution has responded strongly to criticism from an activist group that has targeted one...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 15, 2018
- 3 min
Opinion: Making sense of sentience
With a draft UK Animal Welfare Bill looking to put the concept of ‘animal sentience”directly into law and an ongoing debate about the...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 15, 2018
- 2 min
Scientists in Europe must take more responsibility for openness, says EARA executive director
Openness and transparency surrounding the use of animals in research is ‘still an Achilles Heel’ for the biomedical sector, a roundtable...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 15, 2018
- 3 min
Supporting excellent biomedical science in Europe
The first FEAM European Biomedical Policy Forum annual lecture took place in Brussels, in March, dedicated to the topic Biomedical and...
Bob Tolliday
- Nov 11, 2018
- 2 min
Ebola vaccine in use thanks to ‘curiosity-driven’ basic research
There was no known widespread outbreaks of Ebola when the vaccine was developed 15 years ago using animals, says Kirk Leech, EARA...
Bob Tolliday
- Sep 30, 2018
- 1 min
1956 study recognised for its contribution to immune research
An obscure 60-year-old study has been awarded a 2018 Golden Goose Award, in recognition of its help in developing vaccines, treating...
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