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1 day ago

Animal-testing alternatives will require a cultural change in research institutions

Institutional change, not technical capability, is the main barrier to implementing commitments to accelerate new approach methodologies for animal-testing alternatives.
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6 months ago

Daily briefing: Stinkbugs nurture fungi in a newly discovered organ

It's not unusual for insects to have ears on their legs, but when researchers took a closer look at what was thought to be an eardrumlike structure on female Japanese dinidorid stinkbugs ( Megymenum gracilicorne), they got a surprise: a previously unknown type of symbiotic organ. Inside, the stinkbugs nourish symbiotic fungi, which they carefully rub over their freshly laid eggs.
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