Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...

A recent survey shows 80% of U.S. adults want the U.S. government to commit to a plan to phase out experiments on animals Washington, D.C. — A new survey shows that Americans’ attitudes toward ...

The National Institutes of Health recently announced a landmark initiative to expand human-based science while reducing animal use. The world’s largest funder of biomedical and public health research ...

When only one cooperation device was available, almost all cooperation took place between two young males (left). When three or five devices were offered, cooperation became much more evenly ...

In early phases of drug development, new active substances are tested in animals—alongside numerous other experimental methods. Researchers face a dilemma: on the one hand, for ethical reasons, they ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eighty-three percent of U.S. college students believe that animals should not be used in classroom teaching laboratories if the animals are killed afterward and if other ...

There is one specific task that stress researchers who conduct animal experiments need to be particularly skilled at. This also applies to researchers who want to improve the conditions in which ...

AI tool genESOM learns small dataset structures to generate synthetic data matching lab results, potentially cutting animal testing needs by 30-50%. (Nanowerk News) In early phases of drug development ...

When biologists study cooperation in animals, they usually offer just a single task at a time. But what happens when animals can choose among several opportunities to work together? Biologists at ...