Animal testing has shaped medicine for decades. Discover new alternatives, changing laws, and the future of humane science.

LaBonne is president of the Society for Developmental Biology and the Erastus Otis Haven professor of molecular biosciences at Northwestern University. Imagine a world without lifesaving medicines, ...

The National Institutes of Health recently announced a landmark initiative to expand human-based science while reducing animal use. The world’s largest funder of biomedical and public health research ...

A recent op-ed in The Hill praising the National Institutes of Health’s new initiative to promote human-based technologies as a “major victory for animal ethics in science” oversimplifies a far more ...

The use of animals in science research has a long-storied history of success; almost every modern-day medical drug or treatment was either first developed or discovered through the use of animals.

"Warm Hearts, Wet Noses, and the Questions We Can't Ignore" panel to include author Melanie D.G. Kaplan, journalist and author of "Lab Dog" The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) will host a ...

A University of Minnesota neuroscience professor who studies brain activity in small monkeys has been suspended from research ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is following in the FDA’s footsteps—away from animal testing. The NIH plans to establish a new office meant to develop nonanimal methods for biomedical research ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. When you think about the animals used in scientific research, mice or monkeys might come to mind. But you should also think about beagles. As science ...