I'm torn about this research. On the one hand it's incredibly hopeful, but on the other it's cruel and brutal to the animal subjects.

I wish we'd take the energy we're wasting on large language models and use it to model this stuff so we could learn the same things without harming animals.

The Hell of it is that I'm not sure I'd stop the research, if I had a magic switch that would do so.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/snail-human-eye-regeneration

Help Stop the Biggest Monkey Breeding Facility in the United States https://www.speciesunite.com/ga-monkey-breeding-petition

Demand the U.S. Government Stops Importing Monkeys for Experiments https://www.speciesunite.com/cambodian-monkey-petition

Tell Harvard to End Torturous Experiments on Mothers and Baby Monkeys https://www.speciesunite.com/harvard-monkey-petition

Stop Royal Caribbean from Shipping Monkeys to Labs https://www.speciesunite.com/wamos-monkey-petition

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies Approves Bill Banning Cosmetic Testing on Live Vertebrates https://vegconomist.com/politics-law/brazil-approves-bill-banning-cosmetic-testing-live-vertebrates/

As a side benefit to the devastation of the #fda there are supposedly plans to stop #AnimalTesting.

#AnimalWelfare

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/412854/trump-animal-welfare-research-nih-fda-epa

Advocating for scientifically valid animal-free science where no animals are harmed https://animalfreescienceadvocacy.org.au

Animals still suffer and die in the name of beauty. Why? [Promoted content]: Cruelty Free Europe responds to the European Commission ahead of an-assessment of the #Cosmetics Product Regulation. 12 years after it supposedly banned #animaltesting for cosmetics, it’s now clear that it is not fit for purpose. https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/opinion/animals-still-suffer-and-die-in-the-name-of-beauty-why/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it

The controversial US company planning to breed tens of thousands of monkeys for experiments buys new facility in Florida https://www.speciesunite.com/news-stories/the-controversial-us-company-planning-to-breed-tens-of-thousands-of-monkeys-for-experiments-buys-new-facility-in-florida?utm_source=Mastodon

Despite Modernization Act FDA Still Requiring Animal Testing. Help End FDA-Mandated Animal Testing! Support the FDA Modernization Act 3.0 https://www.speciesunite.com/fda-still-requiring-animal-testing-petition?utm_source=Mastodon

STOP using animals for testing. It's sadistic and cruel. Computer models outperform animal experimentation.

Don't buy products tested on animals, to the best of your ability.

Tell Alpert Medical School of Brown University to End Animal Use #AnimalRights #AnimalTests #AnimalTesting #AnimalExperiments https://act.pcrm.org/poFw9xzcdkyNxwkfYmmEkg2

In the U.S., residents are warned after 43 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility.

From @CBSNews: "Residents are strongly advised to keep doors and windows secured to prevent these animals from entering homes," police said earlier. "If you spot any of the escaped animals, please contact 911 immediately and refrain from approaching them."

https://flip.it/RHe--_

#animaltesting #vegan #animalrights #dierproeven #science

Another benefit of #OpenAccess and #OpenData is to reduce #AnimalTesting.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02611929241286624

In research on #animals "it is essential that the results are communicated to maximum effect to avoid…duplication of experiments & to make the best use of the resulting data. Alternatives to animal testing…need to gain maximum exposure to ensure the most significant possible contribution to the Three Rs (i.e. Reduction, Refinement or Replacement of animal testing)."

Residents of Bainbridge, Georgia (U.S.) are fighting efforts to build a massive monkey-breeding facility in their city. NBC News reports: https://flip.it/6Md87E

Do you support scientific testing on live animals?

Who thinks this company should never be allowed to breed animals again?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyrry1jkpvvo