Biomedical research seeks to understand human physiology and disease risk, as well as myriad biological processes in humans—from the genetic level on up. Biomedical research also informs drug ...

Animal experimentation is a crucial component of scientific research and education. Most advances in modern biomedical science can be traced back to original studies in animals. The university ...

Rapidly evolving imaging technologies were front and center at the “World Molecular Imaging Congress”, which was held recently in Montreal. This year’s meeting provided a timely forum to discuss the ...

Distinguished medical historian Dr. John Parascandola offers an engaging, thought-provoking, and well-researched account of the growth of animal experimentation and the parallel rise of the animal ...

Animal growth and development is a multifaceted process that spans from the prenatal phase—where rapid cellular proliferation, differentiation and morphogenesis occur—to postnatal expansion, which ...

More than 90% of drugs that appear safe and effective in animal studies ultimately fail once they reach human trials, and the consequences are staggering: billions of dollars wasted, delays in new ...

Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Basic Biomedical Sciences, Professor of Computational Medicine, Principal investigator within the BHF CRE, University of Oxford Safety is imperative before new ...