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

R3 Bio has a bold idea for replacing lab animals: genetically-engineered whole organ systems that lack a brain. The long-term ...

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

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t mean animal testing in the US is over.

The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday issued a draft guidance to help companies reduce animal studies of ...

As the female protagonist in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet declared, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” And so it goes, as the Humane Society of the United States/Humane Society ...

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 ...

If a Connecticut legislative committee were to get its way, breeders and facilities that do animal testing would be required to offer animals they no longer want for adoption instead of immediately ...

In the wild, a mouse or rat leads a precarious life. In the city, they dodge traps, poisons, and broom-wielding humans. In the countryside, they face owls, shotguns, and more poison. As Australia’s ...