Animal experimentation
The latest news and comment on animal experimentation
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Organ transplants from 'chimera' pigs face hurdles, say geneticistsWarning of difficulties comes after injection of human stem cells into pig embryos and fears that animals’ brains could be altered
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How badger bombs and politics brought Lush sales of £500mCosmetics company Lush has managed to combine record sales with controversial campaigns. Don’t expect others to copy
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Taxpayer funds reportedly used for secret primate experiments in Sydney labsNew South Wales hospitals and universities are conducting secret surgical experiments using government funding, media reports allege
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National Institutes of Health announces end to chimpanzee researchNIH sees ‘no further justification for invasive biomedical research’ and will transfer remaining 50 chimps to an ape sanctuary
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Rats help scientists get closer to solving the mystery of acupunctureStudy finds that form of therapy which uses electric current blunted activity in rats’ hormonal pathway linked to stress, chronic pain and mood
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No place for animal experiments that cross the lineLetters: Brain research on monkeys typically involves appalling suffering. Yet a recent government-commissioned report into brain research on monkeys commented that in most cases ‘little direct evidence was available of actual medical benefit’
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The Guardian view on vital medical research on primates: don’t give in to the animal rights advocatesEditorial: Some medical research on primates is vital. It must be humanely conducted, but abandoning it would be craven and foolish
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MEPs’ debate on animal research ban worries scientistsEuropean parliament to discuss scrapping of all animal research in response to citizens’ initiative petition signed by 1.2 million people
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Scientists told to stop wasting animal livesBad experiments for stroke and cancer drugs produce poor results, say research chiefs
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Mice losing their allure as experimental subjects to study human diseaseRecent research has revealed that clinical trials involving the rodents do not automatically produce effective treatments for humans
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Christine Brock obituaryOther lives: Biomedical scientist and animal rights’ campaigner who studied herbal medicine in later life
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What I’m really thinking: the animal tester‘It’s a difficult thing to come to terms with, but if you have taken almost any medicine you will have felt the benefits of animal testing’
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Undercover police spy accused of encouraging activist to crimeAnimal rights campaigner aims to overturn conviction on grounds of undisclosed role of Met officer who ‘encouraged illegal acts’
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Penguin robot helps researchers get close and personalMeet penguin-bot. Remote-controlled rovers disguised as penguins could reduce stress to wild animals during behavioural research
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Home Office rules on animal welfare in laboratories are too weakMichelle Thew: The rules may be followed, but undercover investigations by the BUAV expose the reality of life for lab animals
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Epigenetics: genes, environment and the generation game
New research claims that environmental factors can affect the genes of our offspring. Diabetes, obesity – even certain phobias – may be influenced by our forebears. By Angela Saini
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How tech could spell the end of animals in drugs testing
We are in a pharmaceutical ice age. But new computer modelling and bioengineering techniques could revitalise the industry, reports Mark Piesing
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Number of animal experiments continues to rise in UK
Surge in genetic research sees number of procedures increase again despite government pledge to limit their use
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What animals have taught us - in pictures
Creatures that have enabled scientists to make new discoveries
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Animal research can be justified – but 'cuteness' is irrelevantPictures of kittens with plates in their heads are shocking, but we need to approach decisions about animal research with as much objectivity as we can muster, writes Dr Obaro Evuarherhe
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Jane Goodall and Peter Gabriel urge Air France to stop ferrying lab monkeysPrimate expert and musician join Peta and anti-vivisection groups in plea to end cruel trade serving life sciences
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Body Shop products in Chinese airports at risk of animal testing, says ChoiceThe ethical cosmetic company’s products are on sale in at least two Chinese airports, exposing them to animal testing
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Ham the astrochimp: hero or victim?Spare a thought for Ham the Chimp, an object and victim in the human race for space.
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Scientists fear for animal testing as Norman Baker joins Home OfficeDismay that minister who will police experiments is committed to seeing a ban
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Use humans, not animals, for research into treatmentsLetters: The most successful tests for Parkinson's were pioneered in human trials
Scientists attempting to harvest human organs in pigs create human-pig embryo