TY - JOUR AU - Benjamin Victor Ineichen AB - Animal research has contributed to modern medicine and continues to play an important role in biomedical science. At the same time, its scale and quality deserve closer scrutiny. If it is to retain scientific and societal legitimacy, we must be clear about when we use it, how we conduct it, and why we rely on it at all. BT - Journal of Translational Medicine DA - 2026-05-16 DO - 10.1186/s12967-026-08259-y LA - en N2 - Animal research has contributed to modern medicine and continues to play an important role in biomedical science. At the same time, its scale and quality deserve closer scrutiny. If it is to retain scientific and societal legitimacy, we must be clear about when we use it, how we conduct it, and why we rely on it at all. PY - 2026 T2 - Journal of Translational Medicine TI - We need less animal research, better animal research, and animal research done for the right reasons UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-026-08259-y Y2 - 2026-06-30 SN - 1479-5876 ER -