AI-assisted method can reduce number of mice needed for experiments while promoting animal welfare
There is one specific task that stress researchers who conduct animal experiments need to be particularly skilled at. This ...
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Experimenting on animals
Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products. Many of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved or reduce their quality of life ...
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The Physicians Committee Urges Congress to Deny A $30 Million Expansion of Nonhuman Primate Infrastructure at NIH
The Physicians Committee—and 27 other organizations—are calling on Congress to reject funding for harmful primate experiments ...
Experiments show backyard birds learn from their new neighbors when moving house
Scientists have found a trigger for social learning in wild animals. An experiment on great tits has pinpointed a single ...
Experiments find stress is contagious for animals, too
Animal habitats are currently changing extremely rapidly and extensively due to urbanization and climate change. As a result, ...
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Behavioral analysis in mice: More precise results despite fewer animals
Researchers are utilizing artificial intelligence to analyze the behavior of laboratory mice more efficiently and reduce the number of animals in experiments.
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Scientists who object to animal testing claim they are frozen out by peers
Scientists who question the validity of animal experiments are warning that medical progress is being held back because they are being “frozen out” by their peers. A number of scientists based in the ...