🕚 11am today: MPs debate non-compliance in animal testing labs, including findings from the latest ASRU report.
Led by Michael Wheeler MP, following work we’ve done on this issue.
Watch live 👉 parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/7aa1bcc9-39e3-4e0d-86e1-811e68482c34
#AnimalWelfare #ASRU #HerbiesLaw
Herbie’s Law began with one beagle - but it exists for the millions of animals still used in experiments every year 🐶🐾
Human-specific science is racing ahead, while UK laws lag behind.
Proud to be nominated for the Lush Prize 2026! ✨
#LushPrize2026 #HerbiesLaw #AnimalFree
Proud to share our Antibodies Database has been shortlisted for the #LushPrize2026 🎉
Our free tool helps researchers choose ethical, reliable antibodies - for better science and better patient outcomes.
Thank you to our amazing community for making this work possible ✨
#AnimalFree #KinderScience
“Funding from Animal Free Research UK has made this project possible.”
Meet Josh, who’s building an animal-free 3D lymph node model to study how mouth cancer spreads - using human cells, not mice. 🔬
A step toward better, kinder cancer research. 💙
#AnimalFree #KinderScience
UK Gov’t plans to phase out animal testing — a first step.
But we need action ✊
Our 4 priorities push for real progress for animals & science. 🐾
Read more: animalfreeresearchuk.org/animal-free-research-uks-four-priorities-for-ending-animal-experiments
#HerbiesLaw #AnimalFree #KinderScience
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🔎 Easy wins won’t end animal testing.
Animals and patients deserve real change.
Push for Herbie’s Law. Email your MP: secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org/page/181459/action/1
#HerbiesLaw #KinderScience #AnimalFree
The Govt’s new strategy to phase out animal experiments is a step forward - but it's not bold enough. It targets low-impact areas and avoids real reform. 🐾
💥 Email your MP and demand stronger action: secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org/page/181459/...
#AnimalFree #HerbiesLaw #KinderScience
Only 1 animal testing licence rejected in 7 years.
3.8 million animals approved in 2025 so far.
When ethical, human-specific methods exist, this is a system failing both animals and patients.
It's time for #KinderScience. It's time for #HerbiesLaw.
#AnimalFree
🚀 Human-based, animal-free cancer research!
Dr Ethan Perkins @uniofbradford.bsky.social is creating an “organ-on-a-chip” model of prostate cancer to test new drugs ethically.
Read more 👉 bradford.ac.uk/news/archive/2025/animal-free-drug-tests-with-organ-on-a-chip.php
#Movember #KinderScience
A huge thank you to Dame Caroline Dinenage MP for championing #HerbiesLaw and highlighting the vital need for a future of animal-free science 🐾
Read now on @politics.co.uk!
#KinderScience #AnimalFree
🚨JUST IN: 2024 Home Office stats reveal 2.64 million animal experiments - only a 1.2% drop from last year.
A small decrease isn’t good enough. Modern, animal-free science is being ignored.
Enough is enough: secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org/page/180144/action/1
#HerbiesLaw#AnimalFree#KinderScience
✅ In 2023, the UK confirmed: no law mandates animal testing. Yet millions of animals are used in labs - over half for curiosity-driven research.
📅 This Thursday: 2024 stats drop. Sign up for updates: www.animalfreeresearchuk.org/subscribe
#KinderScience #AnimalFree #HerbiesLaw
🚨 New in @nature.com @springernature.com: a powerful call to embrace #AnimalFree, human-specific research!
Co-authored by leading experts including Prof Geoff Pilkington (our Chair of Trustees) & Prof Val Spiers (from our Scientific Advisory Panel)
Read now: rdcu.be/eLRmm
#KinderScience #NAMs
Home Office report exposes reality of UK labs:
⚠️ Animals trapped in equipment
💧 Drowned from faulty watering systems
📦 Forgotten in transport
🧪 Severe suffering in experiments
These aren’t rare accidents. They’re systemic failures.
#KinderScience #AnimalFree #HerbiesLaw
This week on the #podcast, Carla & Dr Gemma chat with Dr Adjanie Patabendige on how an irregular heartbeat may raise dementia risk + her human-cell research replacing animal models.
We also cover @chrishinchliff.bsky.social backing #HerbiesLaw 🐶
Listen: animalfreeresearchuk.org/our-podcast
Can an irregular heartbeat increase dementia risk? 🫀
Dr Adjanie Patabendige’s animal-free research at the University of Derby uses a human blood-brain barrier model + real ECG rhythms to uncover the link.
Hear more on today's 🎧 #podcast!
#AnimalFreeLabcast #DementiaResearch #AnimalFree
🧠 Human “mini-brains” are changing Alzheimer’s research!
Dr Tom Piers @exeter.ac.uk uses stem cells + animal-free methods to grow human brain tissue to study early-stage Alzheimer’s, which can't be modelled in animal tests.
#WorldAlzheimersMonth #AnimalFree
🧠 Dr Patricia Ragazzon @keeleuniversity.bsky.social is creating a human cell model to understand how stress affects brain cells in Alzheimer’s, and how it might accelerate damage.
This work could unlock new insights - paving the way for reliable, ethical treatments.
#WorldAlzheimersMonth
THANK YOU to everyone who came to #Bude groups Sunshine Celebration and made the evening so wonderful! We raised a fantastic £1,174.77 which will be winging its way to @afruk.bsky.social to support the fabulous work at the laboratory in Exeter under the leadership of Professor @lornah.bsky.social 😘
It's @afruk.bsky.social #Bude Group's 10 Year Anniversary in 2025 so we are aiming to raise £10,000 this year..so far we have raised an impressive £9,382.37 thanks to the generosity of #Bude Community 😍
Christmas Craft Fayre next...
@trevstaxibude.bsky.social
@lornah.bsky.social
⚠️ Melanoma causes ~60% of skin cancer deaths despite making up just 1% of cases.
@drabiddle.bsky.social and his team at QMUL found rare “cancer stem cells” at tumour edges - highly adaptable, drug-resistant & key to spread. Targeting them could save lives. 🎯
#KinderScience #SkinCancer
📣 Yesterday in Parliament, @chrishinchliff.bsky.social urged the Govt to include #HerbiesLaw in their non-animal methods strategy.
👏129 cross-party Parliamentarians back it – is your MP one? Check & write to them here 👉 www.animalfreeresearchuk.org/supporting-h...
#KinderScience #BrighterFuture
Say goodbye to animal gelatin & hello ThermoPIGs 🐷
Every year, ~65M animals are used to make gelatin for research + medicine. Dr Sam Aspinall’s synthetic “ThermoPIGs” mimic gelatin – but without animals.
We talk to Sam on tomorrow's #AnimalFreeLabcast #podcast!
#KinderScience
🚗🐾 At 87, Rosie is retracing her journey across Ireland – this time by car with husband Irvine – while walking 1–2 miles every day to support a future without animal testing.
She’s already walked 85+ miles! 👏
Support: www.justgiving.com/page/rosies-journey
#HerbiesHeroes #KinderScience
Upfront investment aside, new animal-free methods are often more cost-effective in the long run.
⚡ Faster results
📊 More reliable data
💸 Lower maintenance costs
♻️ Less waste
Going #AnimalFree isn’t just ethical – it’s smarter science. 🌱
#MythBusterMonday #KinderScience
Help us build support for #HerbiesLaw at the Lib Dem Conference!
We’ll be at Stand 37 with giant Herbie + our buzz wire game.
Got a Lib Dem MP?
✅ Tag them!
✅ Email them with our simple tool: secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org/page/176823/...
#LDConf #KinderScience #AnimalFree
A Future of Possibility 🌱
Prof. Julian Ma’s plant-based antibodies for rabies are advancing toward human trials in South Africa. Next, he aims to explore treatments for COVID-19, flu, TB, cancer, and more – shaping a greener, #AnimalFree future.
#KinderScience
🌱 Professor Julian Ma is pioneering planti-bodies: producing monoclonal antibodies in plants instead of animals. His vision? A kinder, safer & more affordable future for medicine 💚
Read the interview: animalfreeresearchuk.org/get-to-know/professor-julian-ma
#AnimalFree #KinderScience #PlantiBodies
In Ep41 of the #AnimalFreeLabcast, Dr Gemma Davies tackles your top Qs:
❌ Why do we still test on animals, despite the risks
🧬 Which diseases use the most animals
👩🔬 Why Gemma walked away from research
Listen: animalfreeresearchuk.org/our-podcast
#Podcast #KinderScience
