CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing

The federal government’s disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of ...
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CDC pauses lab testing for dozens of diseases

The CDC has paused diagnostic testing for more than two dozen infectious diseases —including rabies and pox viruses — ...

‘Headless’ human bodies could replace lab animals for scientific testing: ‘A great source of organs’

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

C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses

The diseases were removed from a list of tests the agency conducts for state and local health departments. Experts worry that ...
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Maryland lab at forefront of using alternative to animal testing for research

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 ...

Biotech Startup Wants To Grow ‘Headless’ Human Bodies To Use In Scientific Testing, Organ Farming

A biotech startup wants to replace laboratory animals with "headless" bodies grown from human cells. And that isn't even the weirdest thing they want to ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Mpox, Rabies Diagnostic Testing Paused by CDC Amid Downsizing

The CDC announced on April 1 that they would be downsizing their operations, leading to the pause of diagnostic testing for mpox, rabies, and more than 2 dozen other infectious diseases. 1 The CDC has ...

Magnetic fields guide lab-grown blood vessels into precise patterns for drug testing

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