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Largest robotic surgical training centre in the world opens in Belgium

Bob Tolliday

Apr 23, 2019
1 min

Largest robotic surgical training centre in the world opens in Belgium

Orsi Academy, the largest robotically assisted training centre found anywhere in the world has opened its new campus in Melle, Belgium....

We aren’t sadists, but we do animal research

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 2019
4 min

We aren’t sadists, but we do animal research

A group of young, ambitious Belgian scientists have had enough of standing by doing nothing while animal research is criticised in the...

Belgian researchers respond to misinformation about animal testing in an open letter

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...

Belgian scientists hit back at ‘Nazi’ slur in one-sided media reporting

Bob Tolliday

Nov 15, 2018
3 min

Belgian scientists hit back at ‘Nazi’ slur in one-sided media reporting

Belgian researchers have countered an uncritical feature interview with animal rights activists who repeated factual inaccuracies about...

On Lab Animal Day, Belgian science unites in support of animal research

Bob Tolliday

Aug 15, 2016
3 min

On Lab Animal Day, Belgian science unites in support of animal research

This blog was also published on Huffington Post UK. World Day for Laboratory Animals on 24 April was originally established by animal...

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