California, US bans animal testing in cosmetics

37 other countries have banned animal testing already, including India, Brazil, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Israel, and the European Union and now the United States will join them.

This computer program could make animal testing obsolete

The computer-based system called "Rasar" for short uses artificial intelligence to analyze a database on chemical safety that contains the results of 800,000 tests on 10,000 different chemicals.

University Develops Virtual Rats to End Animal Testing

Researchers at the University of Oxford were awarded $30,000 to continue development on software that aims to be more accurate for scientific testing than animals.

What is the future of animal testing?

Recent tests of car exhaust on monkeys have renewed the debate around animal testing. Researchers say there are alternatives that are less cruel.

Cloned monkeys will live a life of pain

The scientists tried 79 times before they got it right. Monkey after monkey was made to live in distressing conditions and then die after a few days.

Beauty Brand is calling for global ban on animal testing

The non-profit organisation is joining forces with the Body Shop to launch Forever Against Animal Testing, a campaign to enforce a global ban by 2020. They plan to take the campaign all the way to the United Nations.

3D Printed Organ-On-a-Chip May Replace Animal Testing

Since these chips can mimic the microarchitecture and functions of lungs, hearts, and intestines, they may eliminate the need for living subjects.