Animal experimentation
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Other lives
Patrick Lovely obituaryOther lives: Artist and art teacher who documented the life of people and places in south London
‘Killed in vast numbers’: horseshoe crabs under threat from overharvesting
The crabs’ blue blood is used to test vaccines, saving millions of lives – but there are synthetic alternatives
3D-printed chip showing body’s reaction to drugs could end need for animal tests
Exclusive: Device with compartments replicating major organs could also speed up patients’ access to new medicines
US scientists who used scissors to kill lab rats must be fired, activists say
Tulane university researchers accused of ‘serious’ violations that breached international protocol over animal deaths
‘Too much’ nitrite-cured meat brings clear risk of cancer, say scientists
Call for UK government ban of chemical in processed meat such as bacon and ham after mice tumours study
Observer business profile
Mark Constantine of Lush: ‘Nothing is ever finished, either positively or negatively’At 70, the co-founder of the ethical beauty brand still has the drive to battle animal testing – as long as he can take his 4pm bath
Human neurons transplanted into rats to help study brain disorders
Groundbreaking research could throw light on how cells from patients with neuropsychiatric disorders malfunction
Federal investigation follows retraction of five animal experimentation papers
Judge throws out ‘frivolous’ case by UK puppy farm firm against lawyer
Sir Colin Blakemore obituary
Neuroscientist, persuasive science communicator and advocate for rationality and openness
Human animal
Inside the controversial world of animal testing: 'It's not putting lipstick on a kitten' - video The Guardian visits three research labs to see how the use of animals for research continues to evolve
Animals farmed
Hundreds of UK and EU cosmetics products contain ingredients tested on animalsUK could allow animal tests for cosmetic ingredients for first time since 1998
Animals farmed
Animal testing suspended at Spanish lab after ‘gratuitous cruelty’ footageAnimals farmed
Undercover footage shows ‘gratuitous cruelty’ at Spanish animal testing facility
'It takes a toll': researchers struggle with lockdown cull of lab mice
Coronavirus restrictions on research made colonies of rodents surplus to requirements, leading to an ‘emotionally overwhelming’ mass killing
Sydney baboon escape: the questions that remain
Three baboons escaped while being transported to a hospital where one was due to have a vasectomy. Where did they come from, and what kind of research is performed on them?
Animals farmed
'Barbaric' tests on monkeys lead to calls for closure of German labShocking footage shows conditions ‘clearly breach’ EU standards on animal welfare, say campaigners
Rabbits may hold key to solving mystery of human female orgasm
Study suggests climax may be an evolutionary hangover – but crucial questions remain
First human-monkey chimera raises concern among scientists
Researchers reprogrammed human cells before injecting them in the monkey embryo
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