New plan backs researchers to seize on new and developing opportunities to phase out animal tests with specific commitments for the coming years. Animal testing in science is set to be phased out ...

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The Food and Drug Administration's decision to phase out animal testing in drug development is being hailed as a potential game changer, even though proponents say it may take years to get to a point ...

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 ...

The health research agency is offering the Oregon National Primate Research Center federal money to stop testing on primates.

Animal testing has been widely debated for many years. Following a large public petition, the European Commission is developing a roadmap to outline how all animal testing for chemical safety ...

ANIMAL-TESTING LATEST — The Trump administration got one step closer to its goal of reducing federally funded primate testing ...

Explore the debate surrounding animal testing as new methods may jeopardise patient safety if not properly validated.

In a Policy Forum, Chad Nelson and colleagues highlight the efforts of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in advancing alternative methods to reduce animal testing for regulatory use. Animal ...

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 ...