Emily R. Trunnell, Ph.D.
@ertrunnell.bsky.social
neuroscientist 🧠 | Director @ https://www.scienceadvancement.org/ | Moving U.S. biomedical research toward humans & away from other animals | she/her/hers
Reposted by Emily R. Trunnell, Ph.D.
We summarized our analysis of NIH-funded neuroscience research: study sections dominated by experts in animal-based research, correlating with fewer funded non-animal projects and underscoring the need for diverse expertise in review groups. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
Predominance of animal-based expertise may bias NIH neuroscience grant review: A pilot study with implications for non-animal methodologies
Despite increased enthusiasm for research methods that can replace the use of animals, the numbers of animals used in science and the funding for animal-based projects remain high. Our work addresses ...
doi.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We summarized our analysis of NIH-funded neuroscience research: study sections dominated by experts in animal-based research, correlating with fewer funded non-animal projects and underscoring the need for diverse expertise in review groups. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
By enabling stronger, more complex, & biologically compatible constructs that support vascularization & tissue-specific cell growth, this technology could dramatically advance #organoid development & patient-specific #tissueengineering.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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3D Hybrid Bioprinting for Complex Multi-Tissue Engineering
3D bioprinting has revolutionized tissue engineering, enabling intricate, physiologically relevant constructs unattainable with conventional techniques, yet it remains limited in integrating soft and ...
www.biorxiv.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
By enabling stronger, more complex, & biologically compatible constructs that support vascularization & tissue-specific cell growth, this technology could dramatically advance #organoid development & patient-specific #tissueengineering.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"Apart from the retirement of research chimpanzees initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a decade ago, the move would mark the first time a U.S. agency has ended its in-house nonhuman primate program."
Let’s make sure it’s not the last.
Let’s make sure it’s not the last.
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Apart from the retirement of research chimpanzees initiated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a decade ago, the move would mark the first time a U.S. agency has ended its in-house nonhuman primate program."
Let’s make sure it’s not the last.
Let’s make sure it’s not the last.
The rhesus & pig-tailed macaques have been used in experiments attempting to develop new treatments for HIV, hepatitis, & other infectious diseases.
But as SAO has covered, those efforts have largely failed:
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But as SAO has covered, those efforts have largely failed:
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Here's what SAO is thinking about on this #WorldAIDSDay. 100% of HIV vaccine candidates developed using animals have failed in human trials. Since only humans contract #HIV and develop #AIDS, this research must be based in human biology.
#WorldAIDSDay2024
#WorldAIDSDay2024
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The rhesus & pig-tailed macaques have been used in experiments attempting to develop new treatments for HIV, hepatitis, & other infectious diseases.
But as SAO has covered, those efforts have largely failed:
bsky.app/profile/ertr...
bsky.app/profile/ertr...
But as SAO has covered, those efforts have largely failed:
bsky.app/profile/ertr...
bsky.app/profile/ertr...
"There seems to be an explicit desire to stop nonhuman primate research in toto," a high-level CDC source told @david-grimm.bsky.social.
And for good reason ⬇️
And for good reason ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"There seems to be an explicit desire to stop nonhuman primate research in toto," a high-level CDC source told @david-grimm.bsky.social.
And for good reason ⬇️
And for good reason ⬇️
🔑 A key step in the momentum? Urging Congress to pass @booker.senate.gov's bipartisan FDA Modernization Act 3.0.
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📞 Find your Rep here and call today! www.peta.org/action/actio...
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📞 Find your Rep here and call today! www.peta.org/action/actio...
Booker, Colleagues Reintroduce FDA Modernization Act 3.0 | U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey
<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.</strong> – Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Rand Paul (R-KY), Angus King (I-ME), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Kennedy (R-LA), Richard Blume...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🔑 A key step in the momentum? Urging Congress to pass @booker.senate.gov's bipartisan FDA Modernization Act 3.0.
www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/b...
📞 Find your Rep here and call today! www.peta.org/action/actio...
www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/b...
📞 Find your Rep here and call today! www.peta.org/action/actio...
Read "Human milk: insights on cell composition, organoids and emerging applications" by @misba-majood.bsky.social & @madamescientist.bsky.social of @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social in @nature.com Pediatric Research:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#pedsky
Human milk: insights on cell composition, organoids and emerging applications - Pediatric Research
Pediatric Research - Human milk: insights on cell composition, organoids and emerging applications
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Read "Human milk: insights on cell composition, organoids and emerging applications" by @misba-majood.bsky.social & @madamescientist.bsky.social of @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social in @nature.com Pediatric Research:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#pedsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#pedsky
The US hasn't*** undertaken this kind of survey (typo)
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The US hasn't*** undertaken this kind of survey (typo)
The bottom line? The UK is now taking the lead in this much-needed paradigm shift.
The ball is in NIH's court. Now that the shutdown is over, let's hope to see promises put into action.
The ball is in NIH's court. Now that the shutdown is over, let's hope to see promises put into action.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The bottom line? The UK is now taking the lead in this much-needed paradigm shift.
The ball is in NIH's court. Now that the shutdown is over, let's hope to see promises put into action.
The ball is in NIH's court. Now that the shutdown is over, let's hope to see promises put into action.
The US has undertake government-initiated surveys on the public opinion's on animal experimentation. Glad to see the UK will begin this again. Globally, public support for this practice has been dropping for decades.
Accountability will also be key. We don't promises alone. We want lives saves.
Accountability will also be key. We don't promises alone. We want lives saves.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The US has undertake government-initiated surveys on the public opinion's on animal experimentation. Glad to see the UK will begin this again. Globally, public support for this practice has been dropping for decades.
Accountability will also be key. We don't promises alone. We want lives saves.
Accountability will also be key. We don't promises alone. We want lives saves.
Existing animal protocol review (both in the UK & UK) has been woefully incomplete without experts in non-animal methods being able to weigh in on decisions. IACUCs, AWERBS, & similar bodies simply don't have the expertise to know if a hypothesis could be answered, or slightly modified, to fit NAMs.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Existing animal protocol review (both in the UK & UK) has been woefully incomplete without experts in non-animal methods being able to weigh in on decisions. IACUCs, AWERBS, & similar bodies simply don't have the expertise to know if a hypothesis could be answered, or slightly modified, to fit NAMs.
