Sad sack or serious salvation? A small group of scientists is angling to replace laboratory animals with living “organ sacks” ...

FOR BIOTECH, DEB, IT REALLY IS. IN THE PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MARYLAND’S GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED A BILL PROVIDING GRANTS TO MARYLAND SCIENTISTS WHO DEVELOP NON ANIMAL BASED RESEARCH METHODS. IT WAS ...

Animal studies often fail to predict human tissue responses to new drugs or newly developed therapies. Besides generating ...

In a landmark decision poised to revolutionize drug development, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new initiative to significantly reduce, refine, and replace animal testing ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

95% of clinical trials fail because animal testing is no substitute for human biology - Vivodyne’s robotics platform grows thousands of human tissues daily, directly tackling the biological gap behind ...

You may be familiar with the scene. You’re talking to a new patient or client—or a stranger on the street who has a “quick” question for you—and they want to know if the microbiome test they took last ...