News stories, policy documents and reports relating to the use of animals in research including the 3Rs and alternatives. Sources include research funders, Home Office (including statistics), and advocates/activists. Also legal cases relating to animal protests and new sources of information on animals. http://nimri.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/rss http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-gb Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:33:37 +0100 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:33:31 +0100 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1) unlicensed version; http://www.FeedForAll.com/ The Basel Declaration has announced the winner of its Award for Education in Animal Research. http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/2013/08/animal-research-awards/ 2B781235-AE15-4AB2-A343-636057CC89A0 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:46:40 +0100 Neuroscientist Lawrence Hansen is also a spokesman for PETA. http://speakingofresearch.com/2013/08/16/the-double-life-of-dr-lawrence-a-hansen/ 45727A19-CE46-4288-A7E5-59FBCC51DB74 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 08:47:50 +0100 Emma Stokes talks to NC3Rs David Sainsbury Fellow, Dr Adjanie Patabendige, University of Liverpool, who is developing a 3D flow-based model to more closely mimic the human blood-brain barrier during viral infection and replace the use of animals. http://blog.nc3rs.org.uk/modelling-the-blood-brain-barrier-during-infection/ 1BC0C10A-1188-4D7C-A130-0F1A6BD411CF Mon, 19 Aug 2013 08:41:26 +0100 How fundamental research in fruit flies and fish evolved into a drug that could revolutionise treatment for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma. http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/06/07/high-impact-science-hedgehogs-flies-and-skin-cancer-the-story-of-vismodegib/ BC7009F9-F50A-41CB-A5D2-8A6B5B109C4C Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:03:52 +0100 The 2013 CRACK IT Challenges have been announced, with up to £1m funding available for each http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1985 D530A164-5CCB-42B9-BE6D-1E6EBF44184C Fri, 9 Aug 2013 09:04:37 +0100 The Italian Parliament has approved a bill that puts drastic limitations on animal testing. http://news.sciencemag.org/2013/08/strict-limits-animal-research-stun-italian-scientists 02A1126D-2753-4732-AC35-E3F586365B08 Fri, 9 Aug 2013 08:42:07 +0100 Researchers who study animal welfare and euthanasia are growing increasingly concerned that widely used techniques are not the least painful and least stressful available. http://www.nature.com/news/best-way-to-kill-lab-animals-sought-1.13509 515DDD83-8D7B-4D40-851E-6929F980603E Wed, 7 Aug 2013 09:08:23 +0100 The NC3Rs is seeking high-quality research proposals to address genuine technological challenges in preclinical imaging. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1982 191FF819-2B11-4AD0-9BB5-DAAAEBA553AC Tue, 6 Aug 2013 08:38:28 +0100 Lund University’s Professor Jens Schouenborg calls for support for new models of assessing system-level effects of neurological drug compounds. http://www.scienceomega.com/article/1160/neurological-new-directions 125C8A7B-34FB-475F-8667-75BB750FA0B4 Fri, 2 Aug 2013 08:42:15 +0100 Early Day Motion about the new campaign For Life On Earth which is critical of avoidable experiments on animals. http://speakingofresearch.com/2013/07/31/you-can-fool-some-of-the-mps-all-of-the-time/ 60404542-9009-469A-8558-2329F4BC0059 Thu, 1 Aug 2013 08:48:09 +0100 Professor Stephen T Holgate CBE, FMedSci has been appointed as Board Chair of the UK's National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) from 1 August 2013. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1977 84312DE4-2F7C-4F56-9322-A0FFEFF663CF Thu, 1 Aug 2013 08:44:59 +0100 Work to replace and reduce animal use in science and improve animal welfare has today received a £4.8m funding boost with the award of 20 research and technology development grants to universities, specialist institutes and small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=133344&CultureCode=en 5C0F9944-C7CC-4D73-B83E-5809C12F768B Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:32:13 +0100 Less than five percent of promising basic science discoveries that claim clinical relevance lead to approved drugs within a decade, partly because of flawed pre-clinical animal research http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/plos-par071813.php C15BA959-66A4-44EF-B106-7B45E35F8E9F Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:00:24 +0100 Animal research is controversial and the recent statistics caused very mixed reactions. It’s fair to ask why we are still using animals in scientific procedures. http://societyofbiologyblog.org/animals-in-research-the-complexity-behind-the-stats/ 8A22397C-6B14-4847-A58F-E2B4AA430185 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:38:45 +0100 Bibi van de Zee thinks we need to talk more about the use of animals in research. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/18/animal-testing-talk-about-medical-research D8ED49BB-7037-4455-9934-22B81D8CF60B Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:11:23 +0100 Animal Aid comments on the Home Office stats. http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments/ALL/2914// E17B2692-6FD4-4F60-87CB-743AAABB3992 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:49:31 +0100 RSPCA chief executive Gavin Grant said that the latest Home Office figures are alarming. http://news.rspca.org.uk/2013/07/17/lab-animal-numbers-break-4-million-barrier/ 21E8C56D-595D-4680-B2DA-D8F8089E0102 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:48:30 +0100 Many animal studies of neurological disease appear to overstate the significance of their results. http://www.nature.com/news/animal-studies-produce-many-false-positives-1.13385 1C145825-3DA4-4DC2-99EA-26AD62CEEB63 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:09:59 +0100 Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2012. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statistics-of-scientific-procedures-on-living-animals-great-britain-2012 FD6AD03D-7823-42B0-BA3D-32C365852773 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:05:22 +0100 http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/2013/07/2012-animal-research-statistics-from-the-home-office/ 41A4D457-43E0-4A7E-8467-0AAD5755B525 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:04:59 +0100 The Home Office have published their annual statistics on the use of animals in scientific research. https://www.societyofbiology.org/news/14-news/556-home-office-statistics-on-animals-in-research A0043EA5-B714-4CB1-A820-2E3C987B2F66 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:03:49 +0100 http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1968 16C8E3DF-8ABE-4827-8CEC-57692EBD1FCC Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:21:33 +0100 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jul/16/research-animals-rises-4m-procedures 3A85FC84-D27E-4B4B-A02D-00F0A3F6D5A3 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:19:19 +0100 With commonly held beliefs of mice breeding now being challenged, is it time to rewrite the husbandry rule books? http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1966 BAB0D5BF-AE4F-4FAB-A578-4E9D43A3091D Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:55:59 +0100 The measures animal activists use are usually drastic and high-publicity events. But they are based on misinformation and half-truths. In recent times, scientists have begun their counter-movement. http://www.labtimes.org/editorial/e_427.lasso 14C06968-4C19-4503-9F6F-C2A7186186FF Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:57:19 +0100 Dr Felicity Rose, University of Nottingham, writes about the potential for tissue engineering as an alternative. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1962 0D5664A4-B75B-40E7-9BFF-F8EE38B5FED5 Wed, 3 Jul 2013 12:57:21 +0100 Wired magazine article about use of primates in medical research. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/07/what-about-monkeys/ 468B8A37-8814-4B9E-9ED6-63D416180CE6 Tue, 2 Jul 2013 08:54:11 +0100 Early-career fellowships awarded to develop methods that reduce animal use across Parkinson's disease and inflammation research http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1960 86DBEBCB-BA25-4B29-9031-CA9FECA36677 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 09:17:07 +0100 The National Institutes of Health plans to substantially reduce the use of chimpanzees in NIH-funded biomedical research and designate for retirement most of the chimpanzees it currently owns or supports. http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jun2013/od-26.htm B161349A-24A1-4B35-B88F-C6DB1FFBD781 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:00:00 +0100 Research to develop a human cardiac microtissue model that beats spontaneously has won first place in the joint NC3Rs and Society of Biology symposium on 3Rs advances. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1955 57FA505A-9D9A-40CB-BA54-320DD87B7B8F Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:52:11 +0100 Animal Aid will join members of Manchester Animal Action outside Manchester University's Stopford Building to alert prospective students to the sinister activities that take place inside the university’s science labs. http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments/ALL/2902// 04D6759E-A190-4F4D-BB76-C3E5231D8ECA Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:05:22 +0100 Alzheimer's Research UK has created a new leaflet to help people understand the importance of animal research. http://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/siteFiles/resources/documents/ALZ_Animalbooklet_FINALSINGLEST.pdf B9342D75-0380-4BE0-A8AD-668F0133CD23 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:28:16 +0100 About 300 researchers and students from around Italy demonstrated in Milan on 1 June to increase awareness of the need for lab animals in biomedical research. http://www.nature.com/news/italian-scientists-fight-back-on-animal-testing-1.13116 2AE83F70-974F-4CB8-8130-C7846401B0D4 Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:25:05 +0100 Animals in Research profiles the top organisms used for science experimentation. Here, we look at a species familiar to most: Mus musculus, or the mouse. https://theconversation.com/animals-in-research-mice-14172 1276B437-06B2-478A-9B0C-C59E9E81E067 Fri, 31 May 2013 09:10:38 +0100 The NC3Rs PhD studentship scheme addresses the need to embed the 3Rs principles (replacement, reduction and refinement) in the training of early-career scientists from a broad range of research backgrounds. We are now inviting applications for the next round, for which 10 awards will be available. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1941 745EB1C6-39A7-442D-A8E2-B5F1B4CBDC83 Thu, 30 May 2013 09:35:09 +0100 Dr Jan A M Langermans, of the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, states the case for the continued use of non-human primates in biomedical research. http://www.scienceomega.com/article/1021/the-primate-debate E1B5AE15-7BD7-4170-95E4-EF59C52CC8BF Thu, 30 May 2013 09:24:15 +0100 Latest information from the Home Office about legislation on animal research and testing. This issues includes items on the European Directive 2010.63/EU (Protection of animals used for scientific purposes) and ASPeL for e-Licensing. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aspa-e-newsletter-april-20 4C8EB8C0-CB86-4F9F-9E90-EB495078ABBC Wed, 29 May 2013 11:04:57 +0100 Animal Aid is stepping up its campaign to have CCTV installed in establishments that conduct animal experiments. http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments/ALL/2885// DC350B1E-C4CE-4B98-908F-FE8334711160 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:23:01 +0100 Professor Steve Brown, the independent chair appointed to investigate allegations regarding the use of animals in medical research at Imperial College London, has announced his committee’s scope and its membership. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_15-5-2013-16-5-32 3EB52A6F-2E6D-470C-BFCD-A5A1995E93C8 Thu, 16 May 2013 09:15:09 +0100 Confidence is rising among scientists defending animal research. It should be encouraged. http://www.nature.com/news/voice-of-pro-test-1.12945 E64B35E6-1E92-4EE0-9F84-CAA55ED1D34B Thu, 9 May 2013 09:00:27 +0100 Whitehead Institute Founding Member Rudolf Jaenisch, who helped transform the study of genetics by creating the first transgenic mouse in 1974, is again revolutionizing how genetically altered animal models are created and perhaps even redefining what species may serve as models. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/wifb-srt050113.php 5A416FC1-CE92-485A-9728-11F6AB92B7AA Wed, 8 May 2013 08:35:22 +0100 The maximum-tolerated dose of a drug candidate can be determined in short-term toxicity studies without exceeding a bodyweight loss of 10 per cent in rats and dogs, according to a review by 15 pharmaceutical companies and contract research organisations published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1932 E1937D64-BFEF-42B3-BB78-7C9AC3D7D8A8 Fri, 3 May 2013 09:34:26 +0100 Many in the small community of researchers who work with nonhuman primates were dismayed to hear that Harvard will close its primate centre, noting that their colleagues will have to find new homes for their projects, slowing work on AIDS and other diseases. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6132/535.full 9563842A-0C5E-40A4-B9BE-1C327D1774AE Fri, 3 May 2013 09:13:02 +0100 Sue Barnett challenges the dogma that animal studies of spinal cord injury can't be replaced http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1927 48C86D39-4476-4E70-8602-870CABB2E0B0 Thu, 2 May 2013 09:23:21 +0100 Call for solidarity with scientists in Milan affected by animal rights extremism. http://www.basel-declaration.org/call-for-solidarity/ 09B50D90-423F-4FDF-ACD5-61ADDB7E6973 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:12:31 +0100 Including: What's your biggest 3Rs challenge?. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1922 CED4F7AF-FAFA-4229-956C-88CFACCE36A6 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:56:00 +0100 Using mathematics to reduce animal experiments http://blog.nc3rs.org.uk/the-power-of-modelling-using-maths-to-reduce-animal-experiments/ 7D1333CD-9900-4E05-B3A0-D00CC8A7BB3E Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:54:41 +0100 RSPCA is marking World Day for Laboratory Animals (24 April) by challenging the Government and scientists to prove that they are genuinely committed to effective regulation of animal experiments and to reducing the use and suffering of animals. http://www.rspca.org.uk/media/news/story/-/article/World_lab_animal_day_Apr13 325C0164-247A-4351-BBA2-8D02AE1AC5A0 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:51:01 +0100 Harvard Medical School is shutting down its major primate centre. http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/04/harvard-medical-school-to-shutte.html?rss=1 9B373BA5-4362-4987-A415-7F468245214A Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:41:30 +0100 Activists occupied an animal facility at the University of Milan, Italy, at the weekend, releasing mice and rabbits and mixing up cage labels to confuse experimental protocols. http://www.nature.com/news/animal-rights-activists-wreak-havoc-in-milan-laboratory-1.12847 703A190F-4E7D-49F9-B20F-42DF439F9BEF Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:50:50 +0100 April 24th is World Day for Laboratory Animals. http://www.drhadwentrust.org/latest-news/news-and-views/post/188-april-24th-is-world-day-for-laboratory-animals D28DB1BF-46C3-41F4-9E0A-E42DAD015B23 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:16:30 +0100 RSPCA say they "are appalled and horrified by the levels of animal suffering revealed in undercover footage of animal experiments at a leading UK university, and are supporting calls for an independent inquiry". http://www.rspca.org.uk/media/news/story/-/article/animal_experiment_footage_Apr13 8652D41C-096D-4695-ACE9-22BAE34C4FCF Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:10:47 +0100 Imperial has commissioned an independent investigation into allegations published by a newspaper regarding the use of animals in medical research. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_14-4-2013-9-33-52 63DC00EC-DC05-48AE-AF87-0D617D3E2745 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:00:33 +0100 The NC3Rs has today launched its first blog for discussion and commentary on NC3Rs-funded research, its scientific activities and topical 3Rs issues. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1924 9595BE0B-F000-4571-A0D1-20898E6B6FDA Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:24:33 +0100 In Science Omega Dr Jan A M Langermans, of the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, states the case for the continued use of non-human primates in biomedical research. http://www.scienceomega.com/article/1021/the-primate-debate CB4D8FE4-2623-4CDE-B8AD-41931067CEE4 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:46:15 +0100 A new method, makes it possible to generate genetically modified laboratory mice in a much shorter time - just a little over four months. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/tum-ftt040213.php 55E81AEB-5BC3-4698-921F-72D1F6D82771 Wed, 3 Apr 2013 09:28:33 +0100 UNIVERSITY students in the UK are being offered the opportunity to gain practical lab experience while investigating alternatives to animal-based research through a scheme launched by the Dr Hadwen Trust. http://www.drhadwentrust.org/latest-news/news-and-views/post/186-dht-launches-2013-summer-studentship-scheme F2353842-F3CB-4323-B4B1-347A5323C502 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:36:25 +0000 A recent report compares methods for rodent euthanasia. http://www.labtimes.org/editorial/e_399.lasso 5291D8F3-16C1-4767-9C38-2B53168CC866 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:49:32 +0000 Maria Vinci and Kamar Ameen-Ali present NC3Rs-funded research at annual House of Commons event for National Science & Engineering Week http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1921 301973C3-E234-40CE-A74D-9BB08F5CBDDA Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:35:24 +0000 Article in Laboratory News. http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/publication/338cb26d#/338cb26d/35 AE1CD670-13CC-4326-B89D-1AA07FCF0438 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:49:18 +0000 Government-funded chimpanzee research in the United States has been on notice for more than a year. This month, its time is probably up. http://www.nature.com/news/time-called-on-chimp-work-1.12631 C41D247B-9E50-4F16-BA5F-FE991AEC29A7 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:38:30 +0000 Ian Kimber will step down as NC3Rs Board Chair in July. A successor to lead the NC3Rs Board for the next 3 years is sought. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1915 857FAFD8-EDCF-477B-B376-35276A52D743 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:27:44 +0000 John Landers, a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford’s Hertford College and former university lecturer on biological and historical demography, is the new chair of the Animals in Science Committee. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/media-centre/press-releases/animal-science-committee F7EDCDAE-4138-4874-ADFD-2E60224B4885 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:33:14 +0000 Animal Aid brands Manchester University GM mice research programme as ‘pitiless, shameful and medically irrelevant’. http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments/ALL/2843// 430306C9-D769-457A-9DBB-73F198E845F1 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:31:50 +0000 A complete ban on the sale of cosmetics developed through animal testing has taken effect in the EU. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21740745 E8ED9097-7640-4945-838F-85057D9315D3 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:28:36 +0000 The fate of 450 medical-research chimpanzees owned or supported by the U.S. government will soon be decided. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/03/nih-chimp-fate/ ECE7B120-54F1-4BC5-8A01-023065835DA0 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:18:08 +0000 Victoria Martindale says that British law cloaks animal experimentation in secrecy despite supposed freedom of information and urges that this inconsistency should stop. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/02/animal-testing-british-public-reality 6BE25209-FE39-474D-AF91-B73D24F76361 Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:27:35 +0000 Including: Chips that breathe, annual report, new funding and a new look. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1894 6A933915-7AFD-4735-A672-2203EEAA4482 Fri, 1 Mar 2013 09:32:43 +0000 Animal Aid brands Cardiff University cancer research programme as ‘agonisingly cruel and medically useless’’ http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments/ALL/2838// C3FD58BA-32AD-4218-B2D8-5CA91C2948F8 Fri, 1 Mar 2013 09:31:48 +0000 Animal Aid brands Bristol University pain research programme ‘perversely cruel and medically useless’. http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments/ALL/2835// 2382B5A2-50FF-4085-95A7-2DE031A3BB23 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:29:36 +0000 The NC3Rs has published its 2012 Annual Report, along with the launch of a refreshed visual identity. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1895 004AE293-F16E-4A8D-A89C-D076E977ECFB Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:28:46 +0000 A new initiative of the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), the 'Infrastructure for Impact' scheme supports the development of shared tissue banks, databases and equipment across multiple sites and institutes using animals resources that would otherwise be managed and utilised independently. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1906 1919ABCA-9017-48A7-AFD8-27A10E69753C Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:27:38 +0000 Profile of the NYU animal labs that were destroyed in hurricane Sandy. http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/14/three-months-after-sandy-inside-the-rebuilding-of-new-york-universitys-research-labs/ 2EFB5EFA-770F-490B-A192-151545A73A3A Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:40:39 +0000 The New York Times recently produced an article entitled 'Mice Fall Short as Test Subjects for Humans’ Deadly Ills' which argued that certain mouse models were flawed. This post by Mark Wanner aims to clear up some of the misunderstandings that may have come from this article, as well as to explain the benefits that can still be accrued from mice. http://speakingofresearch.com/2013/02/15/why-mice-may-succeed-in-research-when-a-single-mouse-falls-short/ 538CAE29-A031-4C8E-93FC-3AFA0E64E113 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:39:11 +0000 Issue devoted to 3Rs in basic science. http://de.basler-deklaration.ch/basel_declaration_de/assets/File/maublick_7_en_high.pdf 40216608-D371-46FB-AD90-6F8FB78C9C7A Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:48:29 +0000 The Basel Declaration is a call for more trust, transparency and communication on animal research. http://www.basel-declaration.org/ 10D5C9A7-DC93-479E-A91E-0A521C9A49A8 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:47:53 +0000 The research programme to tackle major human diseases by breeding and experimenting on genetically modified mice has become ‘frenzied, scientifically irrational and terrifyingly cruel’, according to Animal Aid. http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments//2815// 557D920C-6D0B-42F7-A97C-777C3C49668A Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:31:06 +0000 The CRACK IT open-innovation platform has awarded £993,000 to 11 challenge finalists who have been given just six months to develop the most successful proof-of-concepts for five business and technology challenges in preclinical research. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1889 3BF535CF-C580-42AD-AC57-D823D705B858 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:58:15 +0000 A study suggests that some mouse models do not accurately mimic human molecular mechanisms of inflammatory response, but other mouse strains may fare better. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34346/title/Do-Mice-Make-Bad-Models-/ B874A9EB-53D5-4FF4-A07C-41C80B62E8CA Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:48:47 +0000 MPs discussed animal experimentation in a Westminster Hall debate. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130205/halltext/130205h0001.htm#column_33WH 06E29067-454A-4BB3-8253-FF1462B22C1D Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:23:00 +0000 The Hastings Center has launched a new report "Animal Research Ethics: Evolving Views and Practices" and a new website. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/thc-hcr020713.php F252B403-863C-438A-B212-3CCB72ABB0D2 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:00:21 +0000 Including PhD studentships, grant schemes deadline and kidney time-lapse video http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1879 23763EF3-E1E9-4B7E-B99A-4DB649417927 Wed, 6 Feb 2013 09:06:13 +0000 The European Union is set to announce that, from March 11, the EU will prohibit the import and sale of all cosmetic products and ingredients that have been tested on animals. Any company that wishes to sell new cosmetics within the EU must not test them on animals anywhere in the world. http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments/ALL/2827// E526A21C-0571-485B-BFC1-006D04F80EAB Wed, 6 Feb 2013 09:04:52 +0000 In response to a complaint by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the European Ombudsman has launched an inquiry into the actions of the European Union agency responsible for the administration of the REACH chemical-testing program. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-01/pfte-rne013013.php C4F8F6D8-5D0D-42C1-813A-CBC6B5EBDD88 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:57:27 +0000 The Virtual Physiological Human institute says that the principles of virtual modelling technologies provided by the VPH can be applied to animal experimentation and help reducing the number of animals used. http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=128066&CultureCode=en 39C38008-031E-4636-BA55-16E23CA74067 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:38:28 +0000 Alice Bell looks at recent opinion polls, and a historical protest. http://popsciuk.com/archive.html#230113 396EE658-42EF-4706-90D3-AAAA59005CAD Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:35:05 +0000 The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) should dismantle a decades-old colony of 360 chimpanzees, retiring all but roughly 50 of the animals to a national sanctuary, the biomedical agency was told in a long-awaited report. http://www.nature.com/news/nih-told-to-retire-most-research-chimpanzees-1.12277 1B886A74-C5E0-4A73-AE40-6591732D1D8E Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:58:55 +0000 A campaign against the use of beagles has a new focus in Manchester. http://mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/18018045-battle-against-breeding-beagles-animal-laboratory-testing-takes-manchester-streets- 924E3297-BA0E-4017-A875-31408EE42479 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:33:23 +0000 Queen Mary, University of London, has created a professorial chair in animal replacement science. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=422424 B7790001-D294-4332-B5E4-C3C32437B536 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:04:11 +0000 Tom Holder, founder of Speaking of Research, writes defending animal research. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/billofhealth/2013/01/14/guest-post-on-animal-research-animal-research-is-an-ethical-and-vital-tool-to-fight-disease/ 5B64663B-D2A2-46D4-91F5-50A26676FEA6 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:24:45 +0000 Theodora Capaldo, President of the New England Anti-Vivisection Society, says that laws don't work to protect animals in research. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/billofhealth/2013/01/14/guest-post-on-animal-research-inadequate-laws-dont-but-research-alternatives-will-protect-animals-in-labs/ 75C5AE04-4D75-422B-836A-300CF9C42251 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:25:23 +0000 Status of the implementation of the new directive in different countries. http://animaltestingperspectives.org/transposition/ F011C905-DFF5-46E0-9FC6-044BD40129C0 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:15:48 +0000 NC3Rs is funding 12 PhD studentships with leading research groups for projects covering all of the 3Rs, totalling a £1.08 million investment over 36 months. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1869 37C104D5-F7E2-4AE6-8CB3-95B8FD79B98B Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:02:05 +0000 Researchers are concerned that research on non-human mammals, as well as studies involving frogs, insects and fish, could be hampered if companies refuse to transport animals which will be used in labs. http://animaltestingperspectives.org/2013/news-and-interviews/ethics/controversy-over-animal-transport/ BD68D3E7-886A-4EA0-8004-52F1E59ADE7A Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:00:29 +0000 Campaigners vow to tackle airlines and airports involved in AstraZeneca plan to relocate animals from Sweden to UK for medicine experiments. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/14/animal-rights-activists-direct-action-beagles 3DE90723-BDA7-4B8A-820E-47F4A7617956 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:59:18 +0000 A herd of 841 goats has kicked up a stir for one of the world’s largest antibody suppliers after US agricultural officials found the animals, including 12 in poor health, in an unreported antibody production facility owned by California-based Santa Cruz Biotechnology. http://www.nature.com/news/discovery-of-goat-facility-adds-to-antibody-provider-s-woes-1.12203 03066246-07CB-4479-8575-1457DDADB90F Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:49:39 +0000 A group from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have won the annual NC3Rs poster prize at the LASA 2012 Winter Meeting for work investigating the effect of diet on zebrafish development, which has increased survival rates to 91%. http://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news.asp?id=1867 C2B74B55-CB65-49C7-9086-13C8EF3970ED Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:44:45 +0000 Details of the campaign for a lay chair and committee members, for the APC, with the information packs and the application forms. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/agencies-public-bodies/apc/animals-science-comm-recruit/ 1154A9B4-EB7C-4349-9D55-B95DDAAFC2C0 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:06:28 +0000 The new EU Directive governing animal experiments across the Union has passed its final hurdle en route to becoming UK law. http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments/ALL/2800// 78B3D958-41B9-4BBD-963F-103343939181 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:05:26 +0000 Study shows anaesthetics may be a more humane way to kill rats and mice than carbon dioxide, but reveals a surprising twist. http://www.nature.com/news/rodent-euthanasia-methods-under-scrutiny-1.12083 7BFD2943-AC90-4FFD-B8E7-3396383C7906 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:29:01 +0000 PETA reports that a recent Ipsos MORI poll commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has shown that public opposition to the use of animals in medical research has grown steadily for the past six years. http://blog.peta.org.uk/2012/11/support-for-animal-experiments-decreasing-as-mistrust-in-scientists-and-the-rules-governing-animal-experiments-grows/ 7DFFD1B6-B147-4922-8BC4-E9E5E10A0A5B Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:31:45 +0000 NEws for 2012 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/rss/animals/2012/rss.xml 11B80CFF-AE04-438F-BC63-B7D52A183153 Tue, 1 Jan 2013 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