A legal fight with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) over the release of documents—including the names of institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) members—has already cost the University of...more
Report on Research Compliance Volume 19, Number 9 (September, 2022) - Nina F. Schor, M.D., had been in her job as acting deputy director of NIH’s intramural research program (IRP) for 15 days when she received an email...more
A recently enacted Virginia law amending Va. Code § 3.2-6511.2 imposes strict requirements on commercial dog and cat breeders who sell animals “for experimental purposes,” like research. Senate Bill 87, and its counterpart...more
There have been two of the three scheduled listening sessions offered by APHIS seeking comments on regulations regarding the welfare of birds not bred for use in research. A specific schedule for the promulgation, proposal...more
Recent policy changes and the prospect of new organ sources have markedly altered the landscape for organ transplantation. In particular, new allocation policies for lung and liver transplants, and advances in gene-editing...more