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Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals, such as model organisms, in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study. This approach can be contrasted with field studies in which animals are observed in ...
Exclusive: One in three researchers say their peers force them to carry out tests with animals if their work is to be published, while others are too scared to speak out
Doctors Against Animal Experiments (DAAE; Ärzte gegen Tierversuche) is an animal rights organization based in Cologne, which campaigns for the complete abolition of animal testing under the motto "Medical progress is important - animal testing is the wrong way".
It promotes the use of alternative methods for animal testing, but does not oblige the test performer to do so; "Article 25.1 - In order to avoid animal testing, testing on vertebrate animals for the purposes of this Regulation shall be undertaken only as a last resort. It is also necessary to take measures limiting duplication of other tests."
Examples of hidden bias include a 2014 study from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, which suggests that mice handled by men rather than women showed higher stress levels. [ 6 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Another study in 2016 suggested that gut microbiomes in mice may have an impact upon scientific research.
In 2012, Understanding Animal Research, responding to a small dip in public support for animal research, [14] announced the Declaration of Openness with 41 organisations, including charities, pharmaceuticals and universities, promising to take part "in an ongoing conversation about why and how animals are used in research and the benefits of ...
With the exception of math. A struggle I understand. In elementary and middle school, I did well enough in other classes, but I was a solid C math student. In 10th grade, however, something just ...
2.1 United States and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees. 2.2 Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (UK) ... Talk: Animal testing/animal testing debate.