New facility will focus on the '3Rs' of animal research; activist groups call it a sham

Campaigners target animal house while gov't offers new piecemeal legislation

African partnership appoints regional experts, while international group vows backing

Laboratory safety at the Chinese Institute of Virology under close scrutiny

Roslin Institute will seek a license for human cell nuclear transfer

British Library says its digital storage plan is critical to underpin science

Program named for father of Green Revolution against backdrop of nations refusing GM foods

digitalvisionThe UK Medical Research Council's major reform of its grants system, announced last month, has assuaged many scientists, but some still question the new CEO's radical plans to persuade researchers to communicate with the public. The CEO, Oxford University neuroscientist Colin Blakemore, has suffered personally at the hands of animal rights activists. To help researchers avoid such controversies in the future, he proposes that a scientist's public communication plans be evaluated by

NIBSC says a deletion H5N1 virus for vaccine will be ready for manufacturers in a month

Using reverse genetics, WHO thinks a prototype bird flu strain likely to be ready in a week

MRC chief withdraws threat to resign from his post

MRC chief threatens to resign if government does not affirm support for animal research