The UK government has set out an ambitious plan to phase out animal testing in scientific studies within five years, with technologies like AI, organ-on-a-chip systems, and 3D bioprinted tissues the ...

Awareness, especially self-awareness, is very difficult to study.  Self-awareness evolved among our animal ancestors and is ...

Despite a 25-year ban on animal testing for make-up ingredients in the UK in place, the government recently made a controversial decision to allow it once again. It's caused a huge stir in the beauty ...

From animal lovers to laboratory technicians, no-one enjoys subjecting animals to scientific testing. It is instead done to help ensure that drugs and other substances are safe for eventual human use.

It is a win-win situation: Developing animal-free safety methods and advancing safety science go hand in hand. Today, better safety science without animal testing is a scientific reality in many cases ...

EMA encourages NAMs to replace animal testing, aligning with 3Rs principles, and has published a concept paper on regulatory acceptance. EFPIA supports phasing out animal testing, emphasizing ...

The government has allowed animal testing for some makeup ingredients to start again, despite a 25 year ban. A ban against animal testing for makeup and its ingredients was brought in in 1998 and is ...

The FDA has said it intends to reduce or replace animal testing of some medicines, including monoclonal antibodies, with other methods that it hopes will be more relevant to human physiology. Among ...

Pigs are widely recognised to be highly intelligent, demonstrating behaviours long thought to be the preserve of humans and other great apes, including self-awareness and creativity. But there’s a ...