Animal models have long shaped how biomedical research is conducted. They have influenced how diseases are studied, how ...

Scientists in Zlín are developing an advanced model of the human small intestine. The main goal behind this effort is to ...

Tech advances already show a future of testing in which we might not have to suffer and die while waiting for systems that ...

An international research consortium, led by scientists at VIB and UGent, has developed a new platform that could change how ...

While the latest UK Government report into animal testing was keen to highlight a (very slight) decrease from 2.67 million ...

Stem Pharm, a Madison biotech startup, is using lab-created 3D "organoids" to develop a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. In April, the FDA and NIH announced plans to incentivize so-called "new ...

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vivodyne, a biotech that discovers and develops more effective drugs by testing them on lab-grown human organs, today announced the close of $38 million in total seed ...

The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health held a joint workshop July 7 on reducing animal testing in research, strikingly announcing that “NIH will no longer seek proposals ...

Assessing the toxicity of food contaminants—including carcinogenic potential—is a major challenge in evaluating the risks ...

A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now recapitulates human brain development more accurately than ever, according to a new study from Case Western ...