Every year, millions of animals are used in laboratories, and for many people, the image is immediate and uncomfortable: ...

It’s not just "business as usual"—it’s a high-stakes tug-of-war between cutting-edge ethics and the complex reality of ...

Campaigners immediately call for the Government to 'accelerate' its pledge to phase out tests using animals, branding footage ...

In recent months, the Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health have announced new initiatives to reduce and replace animal testing in biomedical research. Central to these ...

Experimental infections, where a pathogen is introduced into the host body to see its effects in action, are considered the ...

Testing products on animals became an industry standard in the cosmetic, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries nearly a century ago. Since that time, it has become clear that these tests cause ...

If non-animal testing models like organoids are used correctly, experts note they can cut failure rates and facilitate ...

What would you sacrifice to push efforts forward on eliminating diseases? What about to make sure our products and medicines are safe, especially for our most vulnerable? These questions lead us to ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech ...

A small white laboratory mouse in the hand of a scientist in a blue rubber glove. Woman puts experiments on a laboratory mouse.© Yanya/Shutterstock.com Every year, millions of animals are used in ...