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  2. May 5, 2025
Physicians Committee Praises NIH for Closing Its Last Beagle Lab

WASHINTON, D.C.—The National Institutes of Health has closed its last beagle laboratory, according to National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, a move the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which advocates for ending animal research and utilizing human-based research, is praising.