Ethics, policy, and legislation

Valerie Monckton. Animal Lab Workers Experience Mental Health Struggles, but Are Rarely Heard From. https://sentientmedia.org/animal-lab-workers-mental-health/. Published 2024.

Helder Constantino, Francesca Pistollato, Troy Seidle. Transitioning biomedical research toward human-centric methodologies: systems-based strategies. Drug Discovery Today. 2024;29(4):103947. doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2024.103947

Katy Taylor, Stephanie Modi, Jarrod Bailey. An analysis of trends in the use of animal and non-animal methods in biomedical research and toxicology publications. Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies. 2024;3. doi:10.3389/frlct.2024.1426895

Amanda M. Lindkvist, Lina Koppel, Gustav Tinghög. Bounded research ethicality: researchers rate themselves and their field as better than others at following good research practice. Scientific Reports. 2024;14(1):3050. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-53450-0

Pandora Pound, Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga. Will Labour help us transition away from pre-clinical animal research?. BMJ. 2024;386:q1600. doi:10.1136/bmj.q1600

Chad P. Nelson, Paul Brown, Suzanne Fitzpatrick, et al. Advancing alternative methods to reduce animal testing. Science. 2024;386(6723):724-726. doi:10.1126/science.adg6228

Valerie Zuang, João Barroso, Elisabet Berggren, et al. Non-Animal Methods in Science and Regulation. Luxembourg: European Union; 2024. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC136460.

Monica M Bertagnolli. Statement on catalyzing the development of novel alternative methods. https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/statement-catalyzing-development-novel-alternatives-methods. Published 2024.

Nature. Animal research is not always king: researchers should explore the alternatives. Nature. 2024;631(8021):481-481. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02314-8

Laurie Sellars, Jeff Sebo. How Should Treatment of Animals Beyond the Lab Factor Into Institutional Review?. AMA Journal of Ethics. 2024;26(9):716-723. doi:10.1001/amajethics.2024.716