Animal research news

Chair of UAR Council, Jeremy Pearson, awarded MBE

EU-wide animals in research statistics for 2017 released

Plastics are ruining the sex-lives of worms and could be affecting yours too

To study the brain we need monkeys

2019 Openness Awards and Paget Lecture

Introducing the 2019 Paget Lecturer

Northern Ireland Animal Research Numbers, 2018

Respiratory disease: asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Why do bats have such a bad reputation?

Drug Discovery with Venom

Bony research: how zebrafish are helping osteoarthritis research

2019 Nobel Prize: sensing and adapting to oxygen

The 2019 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to William G. Kaelin Jr. , Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza “for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability”.

Preventing Bad Law with UAR's Policy Work

Policy has been at the heart of UAR’s mission ever since it picked up the baton from the Research Defence Society ten years ago. We represent the interests and views of the bioscience sector on animal research at every level.

Our Favourite Posts From the Last 10 Years

This is the fifth article in our 2019 series reviewing achievements during the first ten years of UAR. Richard Scrase, Head on Online Communication, looks back at some of UAR's favourite outputs.

Animal Research Numbers in 2018

Latest figures show fewer animals used in research in 2018. Number of procedures on animals has decreased by 7% to 3.52 million. Mice, fish, rats, and birds account for over 97% of all procedures.

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