Toxicity-testing strategies designed to generate information on potential hazards or risks posed by environmental agents have evolved in response to legislative mandates, scientific developments, and ...

A vast number of chemicals are registered for production and use around the world. But only a portion have been thoroughly ...

Life sciences researchers need a host of tools to develop and test critical disease-treating drugs and therapies, from basic research to final product release. Primary cells, media, and reagents are ...

Researchers have developed a cell culture test to detect substances that are directly or indirectly harmful to embryos. Based on an existing test used for developing new drugs and chemicals, the ...

Epithelix Develops Artificial Tissues that Model the Lining of the Airway and Lungs While a graduate student at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, Ludovic Wiszniewski, Ph.D., teamed up with three ...

One January morning in 2021, Carol Rosen took a standard treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Three gruesome weeks later, she died in excruciating pain from the very drug meant to prolong her life.

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the location of the animal testing lab. In Mount Vernon, you might see lots of sad puppy dog eyes — the real kind. That's ...

A committee of the National Research Council (NRC) will conduct a two-part study to assess and advance current approaches to toxicity testing and assessment to meet regulatory data needs. In the first ...

In Mount Vernon, you might see lots of sad puppy dog eyes — the real kind. That's because the Humane Society of the U.S. underwent a seven-month investigation at a Mount Vernon animal testing lab and ...