Animal testing

John Couse, PhD, Vice President, Scientific Services, Taconic Biosciences, explains how focussing on best practices for animal models can reduce a project’s timeline, budget, and total number of animals used.   Research organisations engaged in drug discovery rely on animal models, including genetically engineered mice, to support and advance their preclinical work. It’s increasingly common […]

The UK government has released a national statistics report, “Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain, 2020”. DDW recently reported the ABPI comment. The medical research charity FRAME’s Education & Outreach Manager Amy Beale has made further comment. Beale said: “Whilst the headline figures in the Annual Statistics for 2020 are encouraging […]

The UK government has released a national statistics report, “Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain, 2020”. In summary, 2.88 million procedures were carried out in Great Britain involving living animals in 2020. Key results of the report include the fact that the 2.88 million procedures in 2020 is a decrease of […]

Over two-thirds of Britons want an end to animal experiments in medical research in UK labs, a new poll reveals. The YouGov survey, carried out on behalf of charity Animal Free Research UK, showed strong public support for ending animal experiments and replacing them with non-animal alternatives, such as artificial intelligence and using human cells […]