Creating a world where animals and humans lead healthy, happy lives, free from suffering. www.animalfreeresearchuk.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3mdi2asgn7k2n🕚 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 #HerbiesLaw28 Jan 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdi2asgn7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3mdcxurwszs2qHerbie’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 #AnimalFree26 Jan 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdcxurwszs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3mcwks5brpc2wProud 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 #KinderScience21 Jan 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwks5brpc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3m7kyjuaaq22x“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 #KinderScience09 Dec 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kyjuaaq22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3m6kbnbe5oc2kUK 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 #KinderScience26 Nov 2025 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6kbnbe5oc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3m5yf3vvluc2x🔎 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 #AnimalFree19 Nov 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5yf3vvluc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3m5emvqb3ts24The 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: https://secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org/page/181459/action/1 #AnimalFree #HerbiesLaw #KinderScience11 Nov 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5emvqb3ts24https://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3m4sxfpyun22wOnly 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. #AnimalFree04 Nov 2025 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4sxfpyun22whttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3m4stgm23uc2w🚀 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 #KinderScience04 Nov 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4stgm23uc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3m4djcbfpr22iA 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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Oct 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4djcbfpr22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3m3ukglop322x🚨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#KinderScience23 Oct 2025 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ukglop322xhttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3m3plwgtd5w23✅ 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 #HerbiesLaw21 Oct 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3plwgtd5w23https://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3m3n5qzsznk24🚨 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 #NAMs20 Oct 2025 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3n5qzsznk24https://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3m2juvtxlr227Home 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 #HerbiesLaw06 Oct 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2juvtxlr227https://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lzqhaut7j22qThis 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-podcast26 Sep 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqhaut7j22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lzqbxnnmir2pCan 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 #AnimalFree26 Sep 2025 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqbxnnmir2phttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lzqatoxm5k2t🧠 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 #AnimalFree26 Sep 2025 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqatoxm5k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lzo5p46fsk2t🧠 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. #WorldAlzheimersMonth25 Sep 2025 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzo5p46fsk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lz4ojrvozs2e⚠️ 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 #SkinCancer18 Sep 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4ojrvozs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lyzgqood3s2c📣 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 👉 https://www.animalfreeresearchuk.org/supporting-herbies-law/ #KinderScience #BrighterFuture17 Sep 2025 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzgqood3s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lyl237eq7k2gSay 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! #KinderScience11 Sep 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyl237eq7k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lyieuwt2222g🚗🐾 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 #KinderScience10 Sep 2025 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyieuwt2222ghttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lydicr6yn22iUpfront 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 #KinderScience08 Sep 2025 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydicr6yn22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3ly3zuivjoc2iHelp 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: http://secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org/page/176823/action/1 #LDConf #KinderScience #AnimalFree05 Sep 2025 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3zuivjoc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lxzhabqwh22hA 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. #KinderScience04 Sep 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzhabqwh22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lxuhqc2h2s2u🌱 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 #PlantiBodies02 Sep 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxuhqc2h2s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lxtpaqpapk2uIn 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 #KinderScience02 Sep 2025 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxtpaqpapk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/afruk.bsky.social/post/3lxreebntj22iMonoclonal antibodies save lives, but often at the cost of animals 🐭🐹🐮🐴 We're funding pioneering 'planti-bodies' to replace animals, making treatments safer, cheaper & accessible. Help bring this breakthrough to patients by donating today 💚 animalfreeresearchuk.org/plants01 Sep 2025 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:oopxrzi7lai2r72jeko7vgex/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxreebntj22i