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CynaMed under fire in overtime lawsuit over alleged meal break irregularities. Legal battle unfolds in Pittsburgh.

Pig Transplant Company Set To Start Monkey Trials For Parkinsons Friday, 24 July, 2009 - 04:02 Wellington, July 24 NZPA - TransTasman biotech start-up Living Cell Technology (LCT) says it plans to soon start testing brain cells from piglets in primates to see if they can be used as a therapy for parkinson's disease. "We…

The standard ethical guidelines encourage minimizing the use of, and harm to, animals used in research. Some experts propose an additional courtesy: repayment.

This article outlines the welfare that should be used in research with animal models such as mice. This article contains information on housing strategies for mice and the insights into animal well-being provided by PhenoTyper.

It’s important to recognise the vital role they’ve played in development of vaccines and treatments ‘Limulus amebocyte lysate tests, the standard for screening vaccines for dangerous bacteria, are manufactured using the blood of horseshoe crabs.’ Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo ‘Limulus amebocyte lysate tests, the standard for screening vaccines for dangerous bacteria, are manufactured using the blood of horseshoe crabs.’ Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Mon 17 May 2021 04.00 EDT A fe...