In the light of the latest animal use numbers in Germany (2017), Bart and I are having a conversation about animal use in fundamental research. We then move on to talk about a new statistical method that might help researchers get some of their data out of their drawers and into an article!

I talked with Dr. Nuno Henrique Franco about animal welfare in scientific research. The questions we address are

• Why do we do animal experiments?
• What can be done to reduce the amount of animal experiments?
• What are the regulations for animal research?
• What do scientists think about the ethics of animal experimentation?
• What is being done for outreach?