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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

Science in transit- the move away from animals in research

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In December 2016, I was invited by the European Commission to speak on a scientific panel at the conference Non-Animal Approaches – The Way Forward. The event was organised as part of the EU’s response to the citizen’s initiative ‘Stop Vivisection,’ which presented more than one million supporting signatures from across the EU to the … Read more