Biomedical and genetic engineers at Duke University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a technique ...

N.Y. Animal Shelter Seeking Homes for Over 100 Snakes and Even More Mice Saved from Massive Neglect Case SPCA director Cathy Cloutier said this massive animal rescue was one of the largest she's ...

Scientists at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have developed mouse models that survive premature death and enable pre-clinical testing of alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), a devastating and ...

Is science ready to move away from animal models? STAT readers' opinions vary.

Through their faithful recapitulation of human physiology and pathology, humanized mice help researchers accelerate their studies and advance drug discovery.

The mouse model developed in this study can serve as a valuable tool for elucidating the molecular mechanisms of aortic dissection and advancing the development of new therapeutic strategies.

The lack of animal models that mimic human disease impedes the study of many pathologies that still lack treatment beyond symptom relief. This is what has happened so far with PURA syndrome, a rare ...

Despite a recent NIH announcement, animal models are becoming even more important because of recent breakthroughs in single-cell biology.

In this study, we established a mouse model of PCOS by administering dihydrotestosterone (DHT) prenatally. We subsequently evaluated the reproductive phenotype and fertility of the PCOS-like mice, ...

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 ...