Members of the House of Lords on Tuesday affirmed their support for 'proper and appropriate' use of animals in medical research.
Animal research is vitally important in science and medicine.
This month’s awaited pledge by the coalition government to end household product testing on animals has been welcomed by the UK research community.
New animal research regulations from Europe will enhance the welfare of animals, facilitate modern science and cut through excessive red tape.
Chemical safety in Europe is regulated in part by REACH*.
The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has launched a £450,000 research project into finding non-animal methods of toxicity testing.
Today the European Parliament agreed on the final text of the new Directive concerning the use of animals in research.
As the election manifestos from the political parties have been published, we have been having a look to see what they have to say about animal research.
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