Testing on animals now requires three Home Office licences ... If these were included in the annual statistics, the figures for animal use would be considerably higher. Experts believe the ...

The bill has garnered support from Democrats and Republicans, with co-sponsors such as Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Paul, Angus King, ...

The US National Academy of Sciences released a report in 2007 envisioning a future in which animals would largely disappear from toxicity testing programs. The report, drafted by a panel of experts, ...

For the vast majority, there is very little information about their toxicity. Traditionally, researchers will test chemicals of interest in animals. As an extreme example, a pesticide undergoes about ...

Three federal agencies are joining forces in an effort to advance toxicity testing to the next level, with the hope of eventually shifting from animal experimentation to high-throughput in vitro ...