PETA meets MAGA as RFK Jr. takes on animal testing

RFK Jr.’s moves to limit animal testing in drug trials could pull animal rights voters into the Republican camp, experts say.

Readers speak: We can replace antiquated animal testing with modern methods

Let’s build on our strengths by prioritizing innovation that serves patients first: modern methods that reflect human biology ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Yahoo

To promote drug safety, FDA to replace animal testing with AI-based experiments, other methods

FDA Commissioner Martin Makary on Thursday announced a move away from animal-based drug testing in favor of human-based methods and artificial intelligence to determine drug safety and effectiveness.
AOL

FDA to phase out some animal testing requirements, possibly replace them with AI models

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological products and drugs, instead moving toward alternative testing models such ...
Business Wire

Vivodyne to Replace Animal Testing With $40 Million Funding to Reverse 95% Clinical Trial Failure Rate

95% of clinical trials fail because animal testing is no substitute for human biology - Vivodyne’s robotics platform grows thousands of human tissues daily, directly tackling the biological gap behind ...
STAT

The end of animal testing? Transitioning to models is promising — but no silver bullet

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recently published Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies may have caused a stir across the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, but ...

Animal research and testing brings millions to CT each year. That could change drastically.

The National Institutes of Health recently announced it is pivoting from using just animals in medical research, creating ...
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Colorado woman advocates for animal testing reform after rescuing four test dogs

In April, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 85 into law, which requires health-related research facilities to put test dogs and cats up for adoption before euthanizing them when they're ...
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Opinion: 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 ...