Lab platform models human organs to test cancer drug toxicity without animals

Overcoming acquired treatment resistance is one of the major challenges in the fight against cancer. While combination ...
Seattle Times

Should WA test human waste fertilizer for PFAS?

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...
Crain's New York Business

Jackson Laboratory receives $30M from feds for pre-trial research after New York Stem Cell acquisition

The Department of Health and Human Services is tapping the Jackson Laboratory to expand testing using lab-grown cells and ...
New York Post

Elon Musk’s Neuralink plagued with animal lab violations before getting approval for human testing

Food and Drug Administration inspectors found problems with record keeping and quality controls for animal experiments at Elon Musk’s Neuralink, less than a month after the startup said it was cleared ...
The Hill

Cutting animal testing will jeopardize human health

The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health held a joint workshop July 7 on reducing animal testing in research, strikingly announcing that “NIH will no longer seek proposals ...
The Daily Northwestern

NU researchers navigate the NIH’s plan to phase out animal testing, prioritize human-based research

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 ...