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The Trump administration is advancing its efforts to wind down animal testing, aiming to transition at least one of seven national primate research centers into an animal sanctuary, Sophie reports.

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

Animal testing in Connecticut rakes in millions in federal dollars each year at colleges and universities but, the National Institutes of Health recently announced it is pivoting from using just ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on ...

No one in the world thinks that animal testing is humane. If you do, you're lying to yourself. There is no humane way to capture an animal, cage it, inject it with a disease, and perform endless tests ...

Dr. Katherine Roe of PETA on rethinking animal testing, emerging science methods, and how women scientists are reshaping research and funding.