The Trump administration is curbing animal experiments in response to shifts in public opinion, technological advances, years ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

Most pandemic viruses that have jumped from animals to humans do not show signs of special adaptations to infect people, except the 1977 influenza outbreak, which was likely “sparked by a laboratory ...

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...

Two research projects run through the Purdue veterinary school have faced claims of mistreatment of animals in the experiment, reportedly leading to suspension of both projects for varying lengths of ...

Serious diseases affecting the transparent part of the eye, called the cornea, are very difficult to treat because this structure lacks blood vessels and has little capacity for regeneration and ...

By midlife, an animal's everyday behaviors can signal how long it is likely to live. That is the striking conclusion of a new study in which researchers put scores of short-lived fish under continuous ...

Guilt-free foie gras and 3D-printed chocolate could soon be on supermarket shelves, food regulators have said. The Food Standards Agency is assessing the safety of lab-grown duck, which could be used ...

Brits ‘could be eating 3D-printed chocolate, edible insects and lab-grown foie gras by 2035’ - A new report highlights the innovative food technologies that are most likely to transform UK plates over ...

Learn how scientists identified genetic clues that distinguish natural viral spillovers from lab-handled viruses — and why ...

"We are starting to see some carcasses on public beaches." ...