Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome. Last November, the UK government ...

Phasing out animal testing in preclinical drug trials in favor of unvalidated alternate methodologies could ultimately backfire and raise safety and effectiveness concerns, says Sara Gerke, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. said this weekend that he is working across the government to end all ...

Researchers examine how the use of animal testing to identify endocrine-disrupting substances in the EU can be reduced. Although it is, in principle, possible to identify such substances without using ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. said this weekend that he is working across the government to end all federally funded animal testing. "All the major agency heads are ...

A social media post from the US Food and Drug Administration this week shows a big-eyed macaque staring out from behind bars. “Some drugs use 144 monkeys on average for preclinical testing,” the post ...

Following the United States, Europe has also announced a roadmap to phase out animal testing. The global momentum to reduce or eliminate animal testing in the development of pharmaceuticals and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small white laboratory mouse in the hand of a scientist in a blue rubber glove. Woman puts experiments on a laboratory mouse.© ...

Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union proudly states that animals are sentient beings and that full regard should be paid to their welfare. And yet, in 2015–23, more than ...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is renewing its commitment to reducing mammalian animal testing, with the ...

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, revived a plan created during the first Trump administration to end the testing of chemicals on mammals. By Lisa Friedman The Environmental Protection Agency will ...

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two major scientific advancements designed to modernize safety reviews of new chemicals and pesticides while further eliminating the ...