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GIMM research group, stressed the indispensable role of animal models in his work developing malaria vaccines Miguel, who gained significant media presence during the Covid-19 pandemic, remarked that while the media

Colleagues of an MEP, who expressed doubts about the need for animal research in Covid-19 vaccine testing director, Kirk Leech, raised the point that there had been no mention at the meeting of the success of Covid -19 vaccines, which were tested in both mice and monkeys.

Als zij in laboratoria de werkzaamheid van een nieuw vaccin of virusremmer willen testen, valt het meest gen in een muis in te planten, zodat het dier toch ziek werd en in aanmerking kwam voor proeven voor vaccins Dat gebeurde in samenspraak met longarts Bart Lambrecht, die het onderzoek naar geneesmiddelen tegen covid , de viroloog die met zijn team aan het ­Rega-instituut van de KU Leuven koortsachtig werkt aan een vaccin zien we wel wat vermenigvuldiging van het ­virus, maar niet voldoende om ­efficiënt de werking van vaccins

international celebrity, and animal activist, Ricky Gervais has been happy to encourage people to take a Covid -19 jab, he has been less keen to debate the vital role animal models have played in developing the vaccine After Gervais posted a tweet to his 14.5m followers showing him receiving the Covid-19 jab recently, applauded this, but reminded him that animal models played an important role in both developing the vaccines I’m happy Gervais took the vaccine, but I think it’s fair to add the word hypocrite to his CV.”

Despite the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, a large number (81%) of institutions their activity through the use of animals, which are fundamental for the development of treatments and vaccines for any infection and have been decisive in the rapid development of the vaccines against in the Covid

petitioners had completely overlooked the contribution of animal testing to the rapid development of every Covid -19 vaccine: “Unfortunately, the ECI call for a phase-out plan by the end of 2024 is not based on scientific

life-saving role in the supply chain of non-human primates for global research that are essential for drug, vaccine “In the accelerated effort to develop Covid-19 vaccines, monkeys played a critical role in ensuring the safety and efficacy of all the successful vaccines that are now in widespread use.

being used against some of the world’s most challenging health problems – antimicrobial resistance and Covid the University of Texas at Austin  has developed a monoclonal antibody, derived from a patient with Covid This raises the possibility of a broad antibody treatment for Covid-19 and other related coronaviruses

As the world emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022, scientists in Europe began once again to focus In September, the first booster vaccines targeting the Omicron variant, were authorised by regulators NETHERLANDS Dog cancer vaccine A cancer vaccine has been found to be effective in treating multiple types Centre Korte Akkeren, EARA member the University of Maastricht, and Amsterdam UMC, have developed a vaccine The team hope that this research will contribute to a cancer vaccine that also works for humans.

used in biomedical research and as Vice observed the demand for these animals has increased due to the Covid pandemic, where they were used in preclinical studies and vaccine testing, adding to existing research

The UK Vegan Society has issued a statement acknowledging the essential use of animals in Covid-19 vaccine - approved for use in the UK last week - had led some vegans to denounce the vaccine. While not asking members to take the vaccine the Vegan Society statement encouraged them to look after their own health, and stressed that animals play a fundamental role in the development of vaccines and “At this stage it is impossible to have a vaccine that has been created without animal use,” the society

would say they support the use of animals in biomedical research, even when the research was regarding Covid following comments by leading US scientist, Dr Anthony Fauci, who advocated for the use of animals in Covid -19 vaccine research, with 64% of respondents saying they would agree with animal research in light of