As reliable anaesthetic methods and delicate instruments to examine the nervous system have been developed, cats have been used to study a variety of neurological problems, such as epilepsy, deafness, ...

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Where there are people, there are mice. This pretty well summarises the millennia-old relationship between humans and rodents. Native to the Indian subcontinent, the mouse followed the migration ...

Since its launch in 2014, the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK has set out a clear list of commitments for its respective institutions to follow to improve transparency regarding ...

How can it be right to use an animal for research where we could consider it unethical to use a human being? This is a fundamental question that confronts anybody who benefits from research using ...

Over the last century, there has been an alarming increase in the number, frequency and diversity of zoonotic disease outbreaks. Caused by the spill over of pathogens from animal hosts to people, ...

In 2020, animal research has been essential for developing lifesaving vaccines and treatments for Covid-19. Ferrets and macaque monkeys were used to test the safety and efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines, ...

STIs, or sexually transmitted infections, are diseases that are passed on through unprotected sex or genital contact. All animals, including humans, are vulnerable. More than 200 different STIs have ...

Sixty years ago (2 December 1961) the sedative drug thalidomide was withdrawn from use in the UK. After being on the market for five years as a treatment for morning sickness in pregnant women, it had ...

An extraordinary number of living creatures, from bacteria to insects to sharks and birds, are capable of lighting up and glowing in the dark. This biofluorescence occurs when higher energy ...

On Friday, 19 July 2024, the European Commission published its ‘Summary Report on the statistics on the use of animals for scientific purposes in the Member States of the European Union and Norway in ...