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It’s time to stop monkeying around with harmful primate experiments 

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This is a photo of a macaque, imprisoned in a bare cage, and extending her hand out of the bars.

Whenever I listen to debates regarding the ethics and scientific value of animal experiments for medical progress, the justification tends to rely on historical rather than scientific reasoning: Because animals were used in the past, they remain necessary. The end. A recent report by the European Union Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks … Read more

Novel technologies offer hope for asthma research, without animals.

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Asthma is on the rise. This complex condition currently affects more than 300 million people globally, with a further 100 million people likely to have asthma by 2025. Around 250,000 people die every year from the disease, which has no cure. Medication for asthma can only control the symptoms – to reduce the likelihood of future … Read more