Dr Lisa Jones-Engel knows more about macaques than anyone else in the world. One of the most decorated scientists at the University of Washington’s primate centre, she spent much of her life working ...
A major shift may be coming to how the United States treats monkeys used in laboratory research. This week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr said the agency is exploring an end ...
The cages are isolated deep inside the countryside of Catalonia, Spain. Groves of olive trees, criss-crossed with generations of stone walls, surround the large fenced-off enclosure. The sound of ...
Recent revelations regarding the animal testing conducted to advance Elon Musk’s Neuralink project have sparked outrage and concern among animal welfare advocates and the public alike. Documents ...
This story is part of a collaboration with The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina. A federal health agency that has promised to scale back its animal research has drawn the attention of ...
This week, U.S. healthcare workers began receiving the first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine – and we almost certainly have monkeys to thank for that. Monkeys and other nonhuman test subjects have ...
WASHINGTON — A federal health agency faced with a public outcry over its use of animals in medical research will spend another $4.3 million to keep South Carolina’s secretive Monkey Island on life ...
When you hear the term "animal testing," what kind of scene comes to mind?Using animals such as mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidance for sponsors in reducing testing of single-target monoclonal antibodies in monkeys from six months to three months, or even eliminating ...
Nearly 15 million animals were used in laboratory experiments in South Korea over the past five years, according to national ...
U.S. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to end the use of primates in federally funded research, a wish that could have dramatic consequences for S.C.’s famous “Monkey Island” and ...