Brain tissue is an optical mess. Water, lipids, and tangled cellular membranes all bend light in different directions. If ...

MORE THAN 112,000 animals were used for research and testing purposes in Irish laboratories during 2024, representing a 5% increase on the previous year, new figures have revealed. Mice were used in ...

The use of nonhuman animals in biomedical research is regulated under stringent conditions, not only in response to societal attitudes towards animal experimentation but also because ethical ...

Every year, millions of animals are used in laboratories, and for many people, the image is immediate and uncomfortable: ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment. For decades, animals like mice, rats and pigs have been essential tools in ...