An animal rights group is alleging mistreatment of animals used in medical research at UMass Chan Medical School. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claims some animals suffered unnecessary ...

When postdoctoral researcher Matthew Zipple releases lab mice into a large, enclosed field just off Cornell's campus, something remarkable happens. The mice, which have only ever lived in a cage a ...

Scientists and regulators have long acknowledged the weaknesses in traditional methods used to identify drugs that may harm the central nervous system. One in four safety-related failures arise from ...

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A rhesus macaque monkey named Forrest is now living at Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in Lacey. Forrest was one of eight lab monkeys that escaped after a truck crash in Mississippi. Of the three monkeys ...

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Researchers recently developed a bone marrow model to study how the body generates cells. Interestingly, this model is the first of its kind to be developed entirely from human cells. Not only can ...

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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 ...

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It started with a hyacinth macaw named Sampson, who loved music. One day, he tentatively hopped up onto a log and curiously nibbled a stick, triggering the opening beats of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” ...

As excitement around animal testing alternatives reaches a fever pitch, Charles River Laboratories is making a move to strengthen its development of new approach methodologies (NAMs) that can ...