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Image by Wallula from Pixabay Scientists have created the world’s first monkey embryos containing human cells in an attempt to investigate how the two types of cell develop alongside each other. The embryos, which were derived from a macaque and then injected with human stem cells in the lab, were allowed to grow for 20 days before […]
By Jennifer Hunter Most will never have a name, but they are no different from other animals we know. They need love and companionship but spend their lives in isolation. The rare touch from a human hand is likely to come with pain, callousness and death. This is the ugly reality for animals used in […]
By Kaitlyn Mitchell, Staff Lawyer for Animal Justice The federal government has accepted recommendations from Animal Justice, in collaboration with the Canadian Society for Humane Science and Humane Canada™, to move away from toxicity testing on animals, and support alternatives to animal testing! This is part of a long-awaited update to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, one of the […]
By Aysha Akhtar, Truthout March 20, 2021 There have been concerted efforts on the part of primate researchers to convince the public and political leaders that more money and monkeys are needed for COVID-19 vaccine research. It’s not surprising that monkey researchers would attempt to exploit people’s fears about the pandemic to increase “supplies” and funding for […]
By Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH, Center for Contemporary Sciences At the Center for Contemporary Sciences (CCS), we believe in the possibilities that good science can offer. We believe that we can improve human health, and do it better, by replacing animal tests with innovative testing methods. We believe that medical research and testing methods should start and […]
Animal-free alternatives to validate drug safety exist, so why are some researchers still hung up on it? By Roberta Staley, March 12, 2021 Charu Chandrasekera was researching heart failure at an American Midwest university, using mice and rats as her test subjects. Then, a new creature came into her life: Mowgley, a grey tabby cat. After […]
