By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Twenty-six chimpanzees at a laboratory in New Mexico have a stronger shot at spending the rest of their lives in a sanctuary now that the National Institutes of Health has dropped its appeal in a lawsuit focused on their future. We filed the case in 2021, charging that […]
FDA reportedly finds animal lab issues at Neuralink facility
A screen grab from a Neuralink video of a monkey playing Pong through its BCI. [Image courtesy of Neuralink] Reuters reports that FDA inspectors identified issues with record keeping and quality controls for animal experience at Neuralink. This isn’t the first time questions have been raised over the Elon Musk-backed brain-computer interface company’s animal practices. […]
National designation positions Tollett Veterinary Diagnostic Lab to aid state’s animal disease response | Colleges & Universities
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s Tollett Veterinary Diagnostic Lab is better positioned to help the state’s poultry industry now that it’s been added to the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, or NAHLN, as a branch to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Veterinary Diagnostic Lab. The Tollett lab — now the 60th in […]
The Recorder – Column missed importance of lab animal research
Published: 10/23/2022 2:27:03 PM Modified: 10/23/2022 2:26:52 PM In the recent My Turn “Cruel and pointless experiments on animals worsen gender inequality” (Gazette, Oct. 20), the writer calls for increased attention to women’s health which is surely a pressing and chronic need. What the writer missed is the tremendous importance of new knowledge that can only come […]