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Why the US is moving to end animal testing after centuries of use

To this day, animal testing remains one of the most controversial issues in animal rights. Activists have been fighting ...
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She’s leading NIH’s push to reduce the use of animals in biomedical research

It wasn’t just a favorite childhood pet, or the fact that she cares deeply for animals, that led Nicole Kleinstreuer to help launch the National Institutes of Health’s initiative to scale back ...
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RFK Jr. promises to take action against animal cruelty and push for non-animal testing

RFK Jr. Promises to Take Action Against Animal Cruelty and Push for Non-Animal Testing ...
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Scientists who object to animal testing claim they are frozen out by peers

Scientists who question the validity of animal experiments are warning that medical progress is being held back because they are being “frozen out” by their peers. A number of scientists based in the ...
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Local scientists ahead of the curve with alternatives to animal trials

Government agencies that fund and regulate drug development this year announced a broad plan to move away from testing drugs on animals to assess safety and effectiveness. KPBS sci-tech reporter ...
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RFK Jr. says he'll work with agencies to wind down animal testing

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. said this weekend that he is working across the government to end all ...
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‘Organs-on-a-chip’ is one of many alternatives to animal testing

There’s one area of surprising agreement in the often adversarial relationship between conservatives and the scientific community: the need to phase out animal testing in biomedical research. The new ...
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FDA and NIH Announce Initiatives to Reduce Animal Testing and Encourage Alternative Methodologies

FDA and NIH recently announced initiatives outlining specific actions each agency will take to encourage greater adoption of new and emerging technologies to reduce the need for — and potentially ...
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Reimagining alternatives to animal testing

Around 348 B.C., Aristotle took a two-year trip to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos to study animals in a lagoon. Along with observing the creatures in their natural habitat and surmising, among ...
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Sunset of the Lab Mouse Era

This year could mark a turning point for one of science’s most familiar animals: the laboratory mouse. For decades, mice and ...
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AWI Supports Phasing Out Animal Use in Research and Testing, but Proper Planning is Essential to Protect Animals and Science

Washington, DC—Last month, both the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration announced plans to phase out the use of animals in scientific research. The Animal Welfare ...
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STAT readers on animal models, sexual assault kits, and more

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech ...