Celia Ford is a Future Perfect Fellow focusing on the intersection of emerging technology, culture, and the mind. She is also fascinated by the process of science, the institutions that fund it ...

Legions of animal rights activists and scientists are making strides in their battles against animal testing in biomedical ...

Artificial intelligence and organoid advances hold new promise for reducing the number of laboratory animals used in studies.

It is our duty — to the animals and the public — to know how many animals we use and what impact such use has on patient ...

They also agree that it's wrong to use animals if alternative testing methods would produce equally valid results. The case for animal experiments is that they will produce such great benefits for ...

The idea that animal testing is a necessary evil where the benefits to human health far outweigh ethical and other concerns has been disputed in the last several decades. A 2007 review examined the ...

Mice, fish, cats, dogs, horses, rabbits, monkeys - they're all used in animal testing across the world. Until recently, the US Department of Agriculture used cats to research toxoplasmosis - a ...

From animal lovers to laboratory technicians, no-one enjoys subjecting animals to scientific testing. It is instead done to help ensure that drugs and other substances are safe for eventual human use.

Lord Vallance, who was previously the UK’s Chief Scientific Officer, will co-ordinate creation of the government’s roadmap, ...

Consumer genomics is a growing area of interest for humans. With this interest has come the rise of DNA testing for our animal companions as well, with our beloved canines at the forefront of this ...

1 Laboratories across the country abuse and kill over 110 million animals each year for experiments, including chemical, cosmetic, food and drug testing.6 Lack of food, water and shelter ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has confirmed that it is no longer conducting feline testing and is ending animal research ...