Ivory tower mentality blamed for 50% rise in animal tests
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Science & environment: Universities and medical schools have been criticised for increasing the number of animals used in research.
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The UK government is taken to court over the fate of lab animals, as figures show another rise in animal tests.
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&quot;...the agencyâs senior management is more concerned with external appearance than rigorous science.&quot; -- Dr. Richard Horton, editor, The Lancet.
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High levels of testosterone in foetuses are linked to a higher chance of developing autistic traits, scientists say.
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Regulators have given scientists the green light to create human-animal embryos for research.
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By putting off a vote on banning all human cloning, nations have let embryo research for therapeutic reasons gain momentum. By Gregory M. Lamb | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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A new &#36;58 million lab at Michigan State University will be a key to detecting diseases that start in animals but can be transmitted to people.
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Attacks by elephants on villages, people and other animals are on the rise. Some researchers are pointing to a species-wide trauma and the fraying of the fabric of pachyderm society.
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Distrust of doctors and concern over being abused as human guinea pigs may explain why U.S. blacks have been less willing than whites to volunteer to take part in medical studies, researchers said on Monday.
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Scientists win approval for controversial research from the fertility and embryo research watchdog
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In setting limits on chemicals in food and water, the Environmental Protection Agency may rely on industry tests that expose people to poisons and raise ethical questions.
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Former U.S. government officials,   environmentalists and industry leaders have launched a two-year   study into health and environmental impacts of large-scale   animal farms, a study group said on Tuesday.
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The number of scientific experiments on  animals in Britain -- home to sometimes violent animal rights  action -- rose 4 percent in 2006, driven by increased use of  genetically-altered mice, the government said on Monday.
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As Boston and Cambridge have become global hubs for life sciences, the demand for laboratory space has skyrocketed.
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BEIJING -- Glenn Rice wants to turn China's dogs into global economic assets. Because animal rights groups make it difficult for drug companies to build or expand animal-testing laboratories in the United States, Europe, and India, Rice, chief executive of Bridge Pharmaceuticals Inc., is outsourcing the work to China, where scientists are cheap and plentiful and animal-rights activists are muffled ...
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The biotechnology revolution is shaking up the pet world.
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A debate over a hypothesis that cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells could affect the path of research.