Animal experimentation
The latest news and comment on animal experimentation
Is the world about to be overrun by trans mice? Not if congresswoman Nancy Mace has anything to do with it
Arwa MahdawiDisclosure Day is great. But Spielberg overestimates our capacity for empathy
Isabella Silvers
‘They know they’re safe’: beagles saved from US research facility after protests
Big Dog Ranch Rescue made deal to buy 1,500 dogs from Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin breeding and research facility
Police use gas and rubber bullets on activists at beagle facility in Wisconsin
Law enforcement rebuffs protesters at breeding and biomedical research farm amid attempt to remove dogs
Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research
The Guardian view on animal testing: we can stop sacrificing millions of lives for our own health
Other lives
Karl Garside obituaryOther lives: Animal rights activist and hunt saboteur who was one of the Animal Liberation Front’s busiest operators
NIH under fire for funding dog tests despite vow to cut animal research
Watchdog says NIH approved $12m in new dog studies months after pledge to reduce animal testing
Other lives
Patrick Lovely obituaryOther lives: Artist and art teacher who documented the life of people and places in south London
‘Killed in vast numbers’: horseshoe crabs under threat from overharvesting
The crabs’ blue blood is used to test vaccines, saving millions of lives – but there are synthetic alternatives
3D-printed chip showing body’s reaction to drugs could end need for animal tests
Exclusive: Device with compartments replicating major organs could also speed up patients’ access to new medicines
US scientists who used scissors to kill lab rats must be fired, activists say
Tulane university researchers accused of ‘serious’ violations that breached international protocol over animal deaths
‘Too much’ nitrite-cured meat brings clear risk of cancer, say scientists
Call for UK government ban of chemical in processed meat such as bacon and ham after mice tumours study
Observer business profile
Mark Constantine of Lush: ‘Nothing is ever finished, either positively or negatively’At 70, the co-founder of the ethical beauty brand still has the drive to battle animal testing – as long as he can take his 4pm bath
Human neurons transplanted into rats to help study brain disorders
Groundbreaking research could throw light on how cells from patients with neuropsychiatric disorders malfunction
Federal investigation follows retraction of five animal experimentation papers
Judge throws out ‘frivolous’ case by UK puppy farm firm against lawyer
Sir Colin Blakemore obituary
Neuroscientist, persuasive science communicator and advocate for rationality and openness
Human animal
Inside the controversial world of animal testing: 'It's not putting lipstick on a kitten' - video The Guardian visits three research labs to see how the use of animals for research continues to evolve
Animals farmed
Hundreds of UK and EU cosmetics products contain ingredients tested on animalsNew analysis finds chemicals tested on animals in moisturisers, lipsticks, hair conditioner and sunscreen, despite ban
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