The first mice have arrived for testing at Oxford’s new biomedical sciences research laboratory, as part of a staged plan to move animals in to the facility.
In July 2004 animal rights protesters from SPEAK halted construction until November 2005, after the University gained a court order restricting demonstrations to one day a week.
In the face of hostility Professor Alastair Buchan, head of Oxford’s medical sciences division, voiced his belief that the facility is a “significant step forward for biomedical research”.
