A new technique based on machine learning and stem cells may lead to personalized testing for hazardous chemicals and make toxin testing on animals a thing of the past. Dubbed ‘forever chemicals’ ...

In April, the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced its decision to phase out animal testing requirements for ...

Researchers are increasingly turning to organ-on-a-chip technology for drug testing and other applications. In a clean room in his lab, Sean Moore peers through a microscope at a bit of intestine, its ...

The National Institutes of Health announced last week that it will no longer issue funding calls for grant proposals that rely solely on animal testing. Moving forward, all such calls must also ...

Recent years have seen a growing movement away from animal testing and toward models that more closely replicate human physiology. This shift aims to protect animal welfare while concurrently ...

Drugs have been tested on animals for over a century, but new technology may one day eliminate the need to do so. Congress and the FDA are pushing pharmaceutical companies to replace animals with ...

The use of animals in science research has a long-storied history of success; almost every modern-day medical drug or treatment was either first developed or discovered through the use of animals.

The push to abandon animal testing is gaining momentum, driven by the realization that it is costly, unreliable and ...

In April of this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new roadmap that aims to replace animal testing in the development of new drugs with more human-relevant methods. The goal is ...