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Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
British Airways accused of breaking U.S. federal law by refusing to carry animals intended for resea
The U.S. National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR), has accused four airlines operating in the USA, including British Airways,...
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
- 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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
- Jan 27, 2016
- 2 min
Nobel Prize 2015: using animal research to get rid of parasites
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine is shared between William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura, and Youyou Tu, who contributed...
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...
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