Many people, including researchers, recognize that animal models of human disease don't work as well as their colleagues and others claim that they do. I recently learned of an outstanding book by ...

Researchers have developed a novel rat model that closely replicates the pathological features and physiological changes associated with human chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-associated ...

This work aimed to define a humane endpoint scoring system able to objectively identify signs of animal suffering in a rat model of type 2 diabetes. Sprague-Dawley male rats were divided into control ...

A recent op-ed in The Hill praising the National Institutes of Health’s new initiative to promote human-based technologies as a “major victory for animal ethics in science” oversimplifies a far more ...

Cambridge startup AnthroTek has developed hyper-realistic silicone replicas of lab rats using 3D modelling and 3D-printed ...