Find out how the UK is leading the way in replacing animals in science with strategies that promote non-animal research methods.

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

Millions of animals each year are killed in U.S. laboratories as part of medical training and chemical, food, drug and cosmetic testing, according to the non-profit animal rights organization People ...

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

For decades, animals have been used in scientific and medical research. Naturally, some supported research on animals, while others wanted nothing more than to set the animals free. For those in the ...

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 ...

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Organoids, organs-on-a-chip, and machine learning technologies have improved dramatically in recent years, but have they come far enough to replace animal research? Additionally, despite attempts to ...

Dr. Katherine Roe of PETA on rethinking animal testing, emerging science methods, and how women scientists are reshaping research and funding.

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Many of the medicines in our cupboards and products on our shelves today are tested on animals before they are released to market. But the reality is, most of these tests are a waste of time. More ...