As US regulatory agencies move toward phasing out animal testing, efforts to downplay the mistreatment of laboratory animals ...

A few weeks ago, our Board of Scientific Advisor Susan Goldhaber wrote about a better way to determine the toxicity of compounds than using animal studies. A scientist and veterinarian provide some ...

The Animal Research Facility located in the ABSL-3 facility of the vivarium in the Saint Louis University Doisy Research Center offers sophisticated equipment for the optical imaging of small animals.

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. When you think about the animals used in scientific research, mice or monkeys might come to mind. But you should also think about beagles. As science ...

The ongoing animal research controversy surrounding the University of Michigan has intensified after yet another article linked to a disgraced researcher has been retracted due to fabricated or ...

There have been increasingly lively discussions about many published scientific results failing validation by independent studies. This so-called reproducibility crisis has led to criticisms of study ...

Lon Kendall, DVM, PhD, DACLAM - received his veterinary degree from Colorado State University in 1994, completed a residency in laboratory animal medicine in 1997, and completed a PhD in veterinary ...

Around five million animals are used annually for scientific or educational purposes in Canada. The use of animals in general, especially for research, can be a divisive issue. Negative public ...

Animal research is at the center of much debate, often acrimonious, largely due to the increased rights afforded to animals in recent times, at least within developed countries. At few points in human ...

As researchers wrapped up their experiments in March to comply with the state’s stay-at-home order, another problem dogged the University of Illinois at Chicago: How would it continue tending to the ...

Animal research careers offer hands-on roles in science without requiring a doctorate, from research technicians to specialized apprenticeships. These positions combine laboratory techniques, animal ...