Testing times

• Autores: Catherina Becker
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3020, 2015, págs. 26-27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Becker remarks on a big petition that questions animal experiments in Europe. Animal experiments in Europe are highly regulated--by a directive passed in 2010 after wide consultation. Animals can only be used if there's no viable alternative and high standards of welfare are applied. However, there are those who say this is not enough: the group Stop Vivisection wants the directive abolished and has submitted over a million signatures to the European Commission (EC). Under the European Citizens' Initiative, a million signatures triggers a meeting of the EC to consider the petition. But animals are vital for many areas of research linked to human health. The study of regeneration in complex organs like the liver or spinal cord is one such area.