Ethics, policy, and legislation

Nico Dario Müller. Lane-Petter’s Pipeline: Why reliably decreasing animal research takes more than replacements. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 2026;16(1):10. doi:10.1007/s13194-025-00715-8

Emmanuel Enoch Dzakah, Chao Ni, Xiaomin Feng, et al. Modernizing drug development and ensuring global equity in the organoid revolution. Communications Biology. 2026;9(1):540. doi:10.1038/s42003-026-10076-4

Julia Matyjasiak, Alexandra-Costina Avîrvarei, Marie Corradi, et al. Mapping 3Rs and NAM research and innovation projects funded through European framework programmes since 2007. Archives of Toxicology. 2026. doi:10.1007/s00204-026-04383-2

Lynn E Taylor, Etai T Bally, Zachary Burns. Supporting CDC’s Elimination of Research on Nonhuman Primates. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2026:jiag186. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiag186

Georgia Mason, Kristine Coleman, Brenda McCowan, David Pearl, Ori Pomerantz. Ethological scars? Exposure to multiple negative events over a lifespan may predict abnormal repetitive behaviour in laboratory-housed rhesus macaques. Biology Letters. 2026;22(3):20250638. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2025.0638

Gro H. Mathisen, Paul Whaley, Birgit Kopainsky, et al. Preparing for CHANGE: How systems thinking supports an effective transition from animal studies to NAMs. NAM Journal. 2026;2:100118. doi:10.1016/j.namjnl.2026.100118

Simon Lohse. Reproducibility, questionable research practices and ethico-epistemic trade-offs in animal-based biomedicine. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 2026;16(2):25. doi:10.1007/s13194-026-00727-y

Federico Germani, Julian W. März, Alessandro Luciani, Olivier Devuyst, Nikola Biller-Andorno. Ethical and legal considerations of digital animal models: pioneering reduction and replacement. Trends in Biotechnology. 2026;44(3):593-595. doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.08.011

Elliott Johnson, Howard Reed, Anna Thew, Matthew Johnson. Non-animal new approach methodologies (NAMs): Increasingly effective in validated contexts, more ethical and more economically productive. NAM Journal. 2026;2:100102. doi:10.1016/j.namjnl.2026.100102

Sally A. Thompson-Iritani, Neera V. Gopee, Joseph T. Newsome, Todd Bear, Brianna Skinner, Patricia A. Preisig. A national survey on public opinions about research involving animals: veterinarians are the most trusted source. 2026. doi:10.2460/ajvr.25.06.0190