Experiments on animals

A fitness pill. Credit: The Science website via DALEE

New 'workout pill' can cause fitness benefits without exercise

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Researchers report new compounds that appear to be able to mimic the physical drive of exercise—at least in rodent cells. This discovery may lead to a new way to treat muscular dystrophy and other medical conditions in people,
Man on a chip. Illustration: Dr. Ben Maoz's laboratory, Tel Aviv University

Researchers in Tel Aviv have developed a system that connects several organs-on-a-chip

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Follow-up studies that will lead to the application of spinal cord rehabilitation technology in humans. Illustration: BruceBlaus, Wikimedia.

Researchers were able to restore the spinal cord of paralyzed rats

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A macaque monkey in a facility for animal experiments. Source: Understanding Animal Research.

Transparency is the way to improve the treatment of primates in scientific research

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Two chimpanzees are in a zoo. Photo: shutterstock

The chimpanzees go free

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Lung-on-a-chip mimics the microstructures of tissues with multiple airways. In this image, colorants flow in three different vertical paths separated from each other by transparent membranes (shown by the dashed rectangle). [Courtesy: RTI International]

Lung-on-a-chip

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Cloned macaque twins born in China, January 2014. Photo: Cell

For the first time cloning of monkeys with a planned mutation: two macaque monkeys were cloned using the "gene editing" method

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Experiments on animals. Photo: shutterstock

University research vice presidents call for halting laws that would make animal testing impossible

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Laboratory mice suffering from brain white matter damage syndrome. Photo. Yuval Kabili, Tel Aviv University

Opinion - "Don't believe everything that is written in the newspaper"

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Laboratory mice suffering from brain white matter damage syndrome. Photo. Yuval Kabili, Tel Aviv University

Brainwashing - actually experiments on animals / Yitzhak Farnes

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The logo of the Israeli Association Against Animal Experimentation. From the association's website

Even when you oppose animal experiments, if you rely on scientific reasons they should be correct

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A chimpanzee uses a stick to pick fruit from distant branches. Public domain image from Wikipedia

Suffering vs benefit

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Robots demonstrate gadgets, Svit Exhibition, Hanover. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Driving a car using only the brain

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Lung on a chip. Image courtesy of Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

Development of a human lung on a chip

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hydrogen sulfide

Poisonous gas saves lives

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The court ruled: academic freedom prevails over freedom of conscience

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Alpha-1 protein may overcome obstacles associated with pancreatic islet transplantation in diabetic patients

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

"Next year we will start experiments on humans in a virtual reality environment"

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A monkey brain activated a robotic arm

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The University of Oxford will resume experiments in the private sector

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Oxford University won a lawsuit against animal rights groups

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The state will reveal the experiments conducted on animals - and the alternatives

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Scientists against changing the control of animal experiments

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The elimination of scientific research

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