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 ...

Boston biotech firm R3 BIO is developing lab-grown organ systems called "bodyoids" with investors hoping the technology could ...

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t ...

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 ...

Animal models work in lab conditions, because their lives are shorter so you can control the environment in studies.

Around 348 B.C., Aristotle took a two-year trip to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos to study animals in a lagoon. Along with observing the creatures in their natural habitat and surmising, among ...

Kevin Vezirian received funding from a 2018 MENRT ministerial scholarship as part of the preparation of his thesis. Laurent Bègue-Shankland is a member of the advisory and reflection council of the 3R ...

Members of Congress exploded Thursday over reports that taxpayer money has paid for experiments using “transgender lab rats,” saying it was time to shut down the government’s animal-testing industry.