Today, more than 100 million nonhuman animals (animals) are used in research each year around the world. Although this is a staggering number, it really is a very conservative estimate. Experiments ...

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 ...

LaBonne is president of the Society for Developmental Biology and the Erastus Otis Haven professor of molecular biosciences at Northwestern University. Imagine a world without lifesaving medicines, ...

A recent op-ed in The Hill praising the National Institutes of Health’s new initiative to promote human-based technologies as a “major victory for animal ethics in science” oversimplifies a far more ...

Julian Koplin receives funding from Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Neuralink, the biotechnology company co-founded by Elon Musk, has been accused of animal cruelty and is under federal investigation in the ...

Enforcement Decree of the Animal Protection Act What it does: Broadens ethical oversight of animal testing in national ...

The use of animals in science research has a long-storied history of success; almost every modern-day medical drug or treatment was either first developed or discovered through the use of animals.

Why are Animals Used in Research? Globally, animal research plays an essential role in generating new fundamental scientific knowledge to help support advancing the health of humans and animals as ...

A recent op-ed in The Hill praising the National Institutes of Health’s new initiative to promote human-based technologies as a “major victory for animal ethics in science” oversimplifies a far more ...