Animal testing remains widespread, but the long history of campaigning against it has made some inroads, with some sectors pioneering alternative methods and scientists highlighting its shortcomings.A ...

However, a UK-based defender of animal testing said claims of a divide between scientists were being exaggerated by animal rights campaigners. In a study carried out by the non-profit Index on ...

A massive 77 per cent of respondents told a 2023 YouGov poll that they supported a government-led strategy for phasing out ...

Scientists reported Tuesday that they had succeeded in making human skin cells mimic embroynic stem cells, potentially bypassing the ethical debate over embryonic stem cell use. A cell biologist ...

On October 18, 1993, L’Oreal made headlines by agreeing to end its controversial practice of animal testing for cosmetics. This decision came after a prolonged and intense campaign led by the ...

New recommendations from DEFRA’s Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee (HSAC) have set out steps that could make the UK a world leader in more ethical, safer, and cost-effective chemical testing, ...

According to Thomas Hartung, who directs the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...

They also agree that it's wrong to use animals if alternative testing methods would produce equally valid results. The case for animal experiments is that they will produce such great benefits for ...

Washington State University is testing animal diseases to stop the next human pandemic. Just like COVID-19 may have originated in an animal before spreading to human beings across the globe ...

With its first commissioner specifically responsible for animal welfare within sight, Europe is responding directly to public ...

The EU is about to get its first Commissioner specifically responsible for Animal Welfare. MEP Niels Fuglsang must navigate ...