The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health held a joint workshop July 7 on reducing animal testing in research, strikingly announcing that “NIH will no longer seek proposals ...

Today’s animal testing differs from how it was back in the day. It’s typically done on a specific ingredient rather than a finished product, and there are often regulatory requirements based on ...

People marching while holding a sign that says “End animal experiments!", with people holding other signs in the background. A demonstration in England on World Day for Laboratory Animals. Despite ...

Well before a human receives the first dose of an experimental drug, it’s evaluated in an animal to test for toxicity. Monkeys are often chosen for their genetic similarities to humans, and safe ...

While the use of animals to test the safety of cosmetic products in the U.S. is legal, a number of states have brought in laws to ban the practice. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notes that ...

Organoids, organs-on-a-chip, and machine learning technologies have improved dramatically in recent years, but have they come far enough to replace animal research? Additionally, despite attempts to ...

Twelve months after releasing a roadmap to shift away from animal testing requirements, the FDA has declared mission accomplished for its first-year goals. But experts have cautioned that there is ...

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