#Act4 LabAnimals Most people have heard about Moore’s law, the golden rule of the electronics industry, stating that computers’ processing power doubles every two years. How human-based in vivo, in vitro and in silico tools can make animal use in research obsolete 29 July 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals European animal protection groups come together to end animal testing in the EU Cruelty Free Europe launch: priority areas set for animals in science 11 July 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Hundreds of thousands of animals are subjected to animal experiments in Sweden every year. Call to Swedish government to develop animal testing phase-out action plan 2 June 2019 Djurens Rätt
#Act4 Equines Scientists were able to extract liquid blood from the heart of a 42,000-year-old foal that had been frozen and preserved in permafrost in Siberia. Liquid blood taken from frozen Ice Age horse that scientists hope to clone 17 May 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Animal experimentation has been one of the most controversial areas of animal use, mainly due to the intentional harms inflicted upon animals for the sake of hoped-for benefits in humans. The book “Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change” is now available in Open Access 30 April 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals This directive recognizes that animals have "an intrinsic value which must be respected". Is France making fun of the regulation on animal experimentation? 25 April 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The number of animals killed or severely injured in tens of thousands of experiments at Cardiff University in the last year has been revealed. Tens of thousands of frogs, fish, mice and rats subjected to 'experiments' at Cardiff University 12 April 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The number of cats and dogs used for medical experiments increased by 49 percent in 2017. The Netherlands has increased the number of cats and dogs used in research 10 April 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Gene-editing technology has accelerated progress on animal organ transplant to the point where scientists will soon begin the first human trials Using animal organs in humans: 'It's just a question of when' 3 April 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals This morning, the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals discussed the continued use of animals for testing the safety of cosmetic ingredients in the EU. Intergroup meeting report: "The continued use of animals for cosmetics testing in the EU" 28 March 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals China has announced that post-market cosmetic testing in the country will no longer include animal tests. China ends animal testing requirements on post-market cosmetics 14 March 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The limitations of animal experimentation in improving human healthcare is overwhelming, but more than 11 million animals are still used in research every year in the EU alone. New book proposes ways to move away from animal experimentation 11 March 2019 ADI