Updated NIH Animals in Research Webpage Collection

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05/20/2024

NIH has updated and expanded its content and resources discussing the involvement of Animals in NIH Funding. The website is designed for a general audience, providing a plain language explanation of the following:

Why Animals are Used in Research
How Animals Have Helped Improve Public Health
Why Properly Designed Experiments Are Critical for Animal Research, and Advancing Public Health
Ensuring the Care of Research Animals
Adoption of Laboratory Animals after Research (new)
When Are Alternatives to Animals Used in Research?

Additional resources on the topics highlight webinars, blog posts, press releases, podcasts, links to other webpages, and more based in part from prior feedback received.

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