Animal research news

Migrating small birds flying at 4000m

New research shows that migrating birds fly as high as 4,000 metres above sea level.

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Home Office animal research statistics for 2017, published today.

Sixteen videos in eleven 360 scenes from Manchester University animal unit

Uses antibodies created in Babraham pigs to track immune response to flu.

Genetic clues reveal origins of killer fungus behind the ‘amphibian plague’

A selection of the news items we covered in our social media this month

Four European scientists win Brain Prize for their work on Alzheimer´s disease, some of which used GM animals.

In January UAR responded to DEFRA’s consultation on the animal sentience bill.

How animals have helped with the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of asthma and COPD

22,214 procedures conducted in Northern Ireland. Experiments down 1.3% from 2015.

Chris Magee considers the use of animals' reactions to drugs to gauge the probability of human harm, with data from an unexpected source.

The European Commission has published a report in response to Article 58 of Directive 2010/63/EU.

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for research on how several genes work together to control the body’s circadian clock.