Every year, millions of animals are used in laboratories, and for many people, the image is immediate and uncomfortable: animals in cages, subjected to painful tests for products that may not seem ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FDA Commissioner Martin Makary on Thursday announced a move away from animal-based drug testing in favor of human-based methods ...

Over the past few months, animal activists have repeatedly broken into a Wisconsin dog breeding farm and testing facility.

Animal testing in Connecticut rakes in millions in federal dollars each year at colleges and universities but, the National Institutes of Health recently announced it is pivoting from using just ...

"The U.S. Government is the single largest funder of animal testing in the world," Goodman said. When Laurie Simmons ...

Well before a human receives the first dose of an experimental drug, it’s evaluated in an animal to test for toxicity. Monkeys are often chosen for their genetic similarities to humans, and safe ...

Feinberg Professor emerita Eva Redei’s research had two key components: vats of water and “depressed” rats. Redei found that the rodents, genetically engineered in a Kyoto lab to exhibit depressive ...

The National Institutes of Health announced last week that it will no longer issue funding calls for grant proposals that rely solely on animal testing. Moving forward, all such calls must also ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Gov. Jared Polis recently signed a bill into law requiring animals that are used for health-related research be adopted out before being euthanized. This comes as the U.S. Federal Drug ...

High blood pressure plagues millions of people, but a potential breakthrough could provide a life-saving solution—if it makes ...

Just the thought of animal testing is enough to make animal lovers rethink the products they choose, but dogs are still being ...