SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As millions of animals are sacrificed each year in lab experiments, animal management at university labs has yet to improve. According to a report from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety sent to Rep. Lee Tahney of the ruling Democratic Party, at least 3.7 million animals were used [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Animal rights groups saw their lawsuit demanding that Seoul National University Hospital publicly disclose its records on in-house animal testing approved by the Seoul 11th Administrative Court on August 28. Prior to the suit, the hospital had rebuffed such demands by expressing that it was “not unconcerned that [the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Antibodies play an essential role in the viral diagnosis of crops in Korea. The antibodies used are typically derived from blood samples of laboratory animals, such as rabbits and mice infected with a specific virus, once they are naturally produced by the animals’ immune systems. This poses various setbacks. [...]
CHUNGJU, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – An event to pay tribute to the animals used in medical experiments was held in front of the animal monument at the National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation. The animal monument is a two-meter-high sculpture of a person holding a laboratory animal like a mother holds a [...]