New mini-brains have maxi capabilities to replace animals
February 22, 2016
We have entered a new era in cell culture technology, in which scientists can grow three-dimensional cultures that form “organoids” – miniaturized structures resembling their full-grown counterparts in key areas of structure and function.
Read moreEPA enters partnership to reduce animal tests
February 15, 2016
The EPA has announced it will partner with Singapore's A*STAR to co-develop sophisticated methods for assessing chemical safety without using animals.
Read moreWhat breathes and bleeds, but doesn't suffer or feel pain?
January 27, 2016
At the center of the expanding industry in non-animal technologies are the pioneering companies using innovative technology to develop and design these methods.
Read moreThe case of the vanishing mice
January 9, 2016
Some 70 percent of medical studies do not adequately report the number of animals used in experiments.
Read morePutting a face on precision medicine
December 20, 2015
Dramatic cures are rare, but when then occur, they often provide insight into what the future of medicine holds possible.
Read moreFirst animal-free platform screens drugs for kidney injury
November 16, 2015
A new breakthrough in toxicity detection has led to the first animal-free screening platform that accurately predicts the danger of drugs and other compounds on the human kidney.
Read morePrinting human organs from cellular ink
October 30, 2015
Another new technology is poised to supersede using animals in the laboratory.
The impressive field of 3D bioprinting has resulted in the creation of functional human tissues, like nerve, heart and bone, which can be used for research and numerous clinical applications.
Read moreLab grown kidneys test drugs without animals and more!
October 19, 2015
2015 may be considered The Year of the Lab-Grown Organ. Multiple investigators have bio-engineered sophisticated and advanced organoid models from human cells to replicate the function and anatomy of the brain, heart, and liver, among others. But the kidneys have presented special challenges.
Read moreNew advance in cancer research without animals
October 9, 2015
Cancer treatments developed using animals have consistently had a high failure rate. Less than 8% of treatments that are effective in animal models show similar success in human clinical cancer trials.
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