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Personhood for animals?
Animals are not capable of taking responsibility for their own actions, never mind having a say in how society is run, says EARA...
Bob Tolliday
Mar 8, 20194 min read
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, 20191 min read
‘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, 20191 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20197 min read
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
Jan 8, 20195 min read
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
Sep 19, 20181 min read
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
Aug 15, 20182 min read
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
Jul 14, 20171 min read
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, 20161 min read
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
Aug 15, 20164 min read
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
Feb 12, 20161 min read
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 ÅŒmura, and Youyou Tu, who contributed...
Bob Tolliday
Jan 27, 20162 min read
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
Jun 16, 20155 min read
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...
Bob Tolliday
Feb 13, 20153 min read
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