Following the sentencing of six animal rights extremists on Monday, the new government made clear that it remains committed to countering criminal activity carried out in the name of animal rights.
The UN has just announced that rinderpest, a virus that used to cause deadly outbreaks in cattle, has been eradicated in the wild.
When the brain is deprived of input from one sense it often compensates with above normal performance in another sense.
The first list of its kind for science, The Eureka 100: The Science List by The Times last week aimed to identify the 100 most important people in British science.
Yesterday the President of the European Parliament, and the Belgian State Secretary (representing the EU countries) put pen to paper and signed the new EU Directive 8869/10 in the use of animals in scientific research.
The public broadly supports research on animals containing human material, according to an Ipsos Mori survey of 1,042 people.
Today the European Parliament agreed on the final text of the new Directive concerning the use of animals in research.
The recently published Annual report (2009) of the Animals Scientific Procedures Inspectorate and Division highlights progress towards suitable alternatives to replace the use of mice in the testing for toxins in shellfish.
UGUST 20, 1960: MOSCOW The Soviet Union today launched its second cosmic space ship, the Soviet news agency, Tass, said. The space ship carries animals, including two dogs.
Scientists have created a ‘knockout rat' that can be used to model certain diseases in the same way as mice.
The body's own cells could be used to aid the repair of joints, a pioneering rabbit study has revealed.
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