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Rhesus macaques taught to control wheelchairs by thought alone

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...

Babies’ sight restored thanks to new surgical technique first tested in animals

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....

Studying the Zika virus in rhesus macaques

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...

Research with dogs develops an artificial pancreas to treat diabetes

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 2019
5 min

Research with dogs develops an artificial pancreas to treat diabetes

White Coat Waste is a conservative animal rights organization devoted to the elimination of animal research. Its first target is...

1956 study recognised for its contribution to immune research

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...

The Times opinion piece: ‘Mob rule by animal rights activists cannot be allowed to stop research’

Bob Tolliday

Sep 19, 2018
1 min

The Times opinion piece: ‘Mob rule by animal rights activists cannot be allowed to stop research’

A leader column in The Times newspaper has called on governments across the world to require airlines to carry animals used for research....

Nobel Prize awarded for turning the immune system against cancer

Bob Tolliday

Aug 15, 2018
2 min

Nobel Prize awarded for turning the immune system against cancer

This year’s Nobel Prize winners for Physiology or Medicine used animal models to develop their novel cancer therapy. James P. Allison, of...

A trans-Atlantic transparency gap on animal experiments

Bob Tolliday

Jul 14, 2017
1 min

A trans-Atlantic transparency gap on animal experiments

This article was originally published in Science on 14 July 2017 The launch last month of a website called LabAnimalTour.org, which...

3D-printed structures successfully implanted into animals

Bob Tolliday

Aug 15, 2016
1 min

3D-printed structures successfully implanted into animals

Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have managed to 3D print structures made of living cells that were...

The Fight Against Zika Relies On Animal Research

Bob Tolliday

Aug 15, 2016
4 min

The Fight Against Zika Relies On Animal Research

This post was originally published on the website of the Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) on January 28, 2016. It is republished...

Reducing animals in toxicity research with a new database

Bob Tolliday

Feb 12, 2016
1 min

Reducing animals in toxicity research with a new database

Scientists at John’s Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland have developed a database compiling toxicity data of a large number of...

Bob Tolliday

Jun 16, 2015
5 min

It’s All About the Animals

The following guest post is by Richard Marble RLATg, CMAR, Laboratory Animal Facility Coordinator at Ferris State University. In this...

Bob Tolliday

Feb 13, 2015
3 min

Sometimes My Job Seems Like a Secret

This article was originally published by Amy Davidson BSc (Hons), MBA, RQAP-GLP. Amy is Vice President, Operations at Kingfisher...