ST. LOUIS -- The animal rights group PETA planted an infiltrator posing as an employee at a mid-Missouri animal laboratory for nine months. The spy's work later formed the basis of the group's ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment. For decades, animals like mice, rats and pigs have been essential tools in ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Unfortunately, the use of nonhuman animals in laboratories has always been entrusted to people in the habit of ardently shutting out criticism. Research bureaucrats, for example-- those who determine ...

A respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into consideration input from the scientific and laboratory ...

Scientists fed Aedes aegypti mosquitoes blood laced with weakened rabies and Nipah viruses, then let those insects bite bats ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — A national animal rights group is alleging violations of the Animal Welfare Act by a research organization contracted by University of North Texas Health Science Center led to the ...

Two research projects run through the Purdue veterinary school have faced claims of mistreatment of animals in the experiment, reportedly leading to suspension of both projects for varying lengths of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An animal welfare group is sounding the alarm about alleged inhumane treatment of lab mice at Meharry Medical College, including one report that claims a mouse’s neck was ...

Stem Pharm, a Madison biotech startup, is using lab-created 3D "organoids" to develop a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. In April, the FDA and NIH announced plans to incentivize so-called "new ...