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New progress in convincing the world that the #ForcedSwimTest has no place in modern neuroscience. 🌍
After hearing from @PetaIndia, universities and government institutes are dropping the FST left and right.
Recent victories include:
1️⃣ @ChitkaraU
2️⃣ @CT_University
3️⃣ Himachal Institute of Pharmacy
4️⃣ @GuruAngadDevVet
And major progress in Ireland by my colleagues at @PETAUK:
After PETA UK shared vital scientific information with @TheHPRA, the agency commissioned the country’s National Committee for the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes (NCPA) to investigate the test and issue advice.
NCPA found evidence to severely restrict the forced swim test in Ireland.
Now, the test will no longer be permitted to be used as a model of depression, or to study “depression-like” behaviors or for studying anxiety disorders. NCPA noted the “questions over its validity for these purposes.”
Additionally, animals will no longer be permitted to swim to exhaustion in Ireland.
A complete list of our progress in this international campaign can be found here:
https://t.co/myfUinV6du
Don't miss this new paper on current progress in phasing out the #ForcedSwimTest.
Parissa Barai, @Jagnoor84178123 et al. of @MAHE_Manipal cover:
⚖️ The current regulatory and policy landscape surrounding the FST
🧑🔬 Human-relevant assays that can replace it
🐀 @PETA's worldwide campaign to eliminate its use
🚀 How a shift away from the FST would lead to better translation and more predictive antidepressant screening
💡 The coordinated efforts that are needed to facilitate a full transition
“Owing to its ethical controversies and poor translational validity, the forced swim test (FST) faces global phase-outs, as the primary outcome fails to conclusively model human depression or reliably predict novel antidepressant mechanisms ... Collaborative innovation remains key to advancing ethical research paradigms that transcend the limitations of outdated behavioral assays.”
Read the paper in @FrontAnimalSci:
https://t.co/5e0InD46Uv
@HRAust & @PETA call to end the #ForcedSwimTest on rats and mice in #Australian #research it is cruel, unnecessary and results are not human-relevant. Sign #petition #EndAnimalTesting #CrueltyFree #AnimalExperiments #AnimalExperimentation #AnimalTesting https://t.co/UaPH7srak8
Great news from 🇬🇧 🎉
@RTHondavehanson confirmed to @PETAUK the ministry’s intention to no longer grant licenses for experimenters to subject small animals to the #ForcedSwimTest.
The last remaining licenses will expire in 2028 and won't be renewed.
https://t.co/Ljkq0ERLAz
New poll of >1K 🇬🇧 students by @Savanta_UK:
🎓82% say universities should move 💷 away from experiments on animals
🎓78% said conducting the #forcedswimtest would lower their opinion of a university
Reported by @TheCanaryUK, commissioned by @PETAUK: https://t.co/s0MnATft6w
#Sanofi has dropped the #ForcedSwimTest! @BristolUni, why haven’t you done the same? In the test, experimenters force small animals to swim before killing them. #BristolBeNicetoMice https://t.co/cJIwWMSmXt
#Sanofi has dropped the #ForcedSwimTest! @UniMelb, @MonashUni, @UQ_News, @uwanews and @TheFlorey, why haven’t you done the same? In the test, experimenters force small animals to swim before killing them. #BeNiceToMice https://t.co/KyZ5W9lczM
Thanks, @statnews, for publishing my LTE on how the #forcedswimtest is just one example of why clinging to old, failed paradigms is stalling medical progress. We need a revolution in the funding & conduct of basic, translational, & preclinical research.
https://t.co/8iprmhjxfg
👏 Nice op-ed in @statnews by psychiatrist Karen Greenberg of @BIDMChealth, calling on researchers and funding bodies to retire the #forcedswimtest and tail suspension test.
Every year, hundreds of studies use an outdated, inhumane test on mice to try to find new antidepressants. Why is it still allowed? https://t.co/LfEpIJBIJ6
Great job, @PETAUK! And thanks to @BMAFoundationMR, Medical Research Scotland, and @DunhillMedical for joining the growing movement of research funders & institutions that have said goodbye to the #forcedswimtest. https://t.co/E96l315frd
Thank you, Dr Kat Herrmann, for representing animals when discussing why the #ForcedSwimTest is BAD science 🙏
Kathrin Herrmann discusses the need to rethink use of the forced swim test in depressive disorders research.
"We must not rely on anthropomorphic over-interpretations of the behaviour of non-human animals when translating to human clinical conditions."
#UFAW2024
🗣️On June 20, @SAOscience director @ERoseEngland will be speaking at the Global Synergy for Animal Welfare Workshop on welfare issues with the #forcedswimtest & progress in ending this practice. A great lineup of speakers!
#AnimalWelfare #WelfareWednesday
https://t.co/AKtth4f3QF
On 6/20 at 8:45ET, I'll be speaking at the Global Synergy for Animal Welfare Workshop on the worldwide campaign by @peta, @PETAUK, @AnimalFreeSci, & NZAVS to end the #forcedswimtest. Check out the great lineup of speakers!
https://t.co/NAfiUsJFtA
Read Peter Singer's blog post about the recent NSW ban on the cruel #forcedswimtest.
https://t.co/4nbKI03wH5
Michel posits that two forms of validity drift are at play with animal models for psychiatric research: 1⃣ non-existence drifts -- the animal model construct does not represent the relevant construct in humans (e.g. the #forcedswimtest)... 3/
Innovative #biotechs & #pharmas are developing methods for screening antidepressant compounds without using the poorly predictive #forcedswimtest. Ex: @Genetikaplus developed a human iPSC platform to test the functional effects of drugs. Short 🧵 https://t.co/OZcBf7LxtV
So happy!! Congratulation to @MlcHurst, @AnimalFreeSci and @ERoseEngland. New South Wales just banned the the forced swim and forced smoke inhalation tests.
The first legislative action on the #forcedswimtest.
@sanofi are you listening?🐭
HUGE congrats to @MlcHurst & @AnimalFreeSci! The @nswparliament has just banned two cruel and futile tests on animals, the first legislative action on the #forcedswimtest. https://t.co/hPMWogPwZ0
HUGE congrats to @MlcHurst & @AnimalFreeSci! The @nswparliament has just banned two cruel and futile tests on animals, the first legislative action on the #forcedswimtest. https://t.co/hPMWogPwZ0
413 scientists and academics have signed an open letter to the @ukhomeoffice calling for an end to the use of the #forcedswimtest, noting that the test should not pass a harm-benefit analysis. News of the open letter was broken by @TheCanaryUK this morning 👇
Thank you to everyone who supported the open letter against the horrific forced swim test. Hoping to hear some postive news from the @ukhomeoffice on this test soon. https://t.co/zxMom2vKI1
Nice piece on the progress to eliminate pointless and cruel animal tests in Australia and New Zealand 🇦🇺🇳🇿. It's been a pleasure working with @AnimalFreeSci and NZAVS to tackle the #forcedswimtest Down Under!
https://t.co/40MWJrcubF
Top medical research body says these two tests on mice and rats should end
https://t.co/ZonVQ8WyNi
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