Podcast For Progress

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! Listen to the Full Conversation on Patreon! Animal Use in Germany 2017 Numbers in short (as presented by tagesschau.de): Total: > 2 Million1.37 Million Mice255.000 rats240.000 fish3300 dogs718 cats3472 monkeys50% for fundamental research27% drug production and testing15% for disease research740.000 animals were killed for organ examination Bart and I regularly discuss the merit of animal research on social media, and we also had a podcast episode on animal wellfare in science. Our conversation mostly is about fundamental scientific research - which is what we do. We talk about how scientists don't prefer animal experiments, if there are better ways to answer the research question. But we also mention