Humans began culturing animal cells and tissues as early as the late 19th century, when Wilhelm Roux first showed that chick embryos could be cultured in saline solution for a few days. Eventually, ...

Ace Therapeutics recently launched in vivo efficacy testing services for IBD drug candidates. Ace Therapeutics, a preclinical ...

Every year, emerging and re-emerging viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, Zika virus, Ebola virus, influenza A virus, and Rift Valley fever virus surface from natural reservoirs to infect, disable, ...

In vitro skin irritation testing has emerged as a critical component in the safety evaluation of chemicals and medical devices, aiming to replace traditional animal-based assays. Central to this ...

Currently, only 10% of the drugs that enter Phase I receive marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with unmanageable toxicity accounting for approximately 30% of the ...

Opportunities lie in leveraging advances in molecular diagnostics and pharmacogenomics, driven by trends like genomics, global prosperity, automation, and healthcare expansion in China. Threats from ...

FOR BIOTECH, DEB, IT REALLY IS. IN THE PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, MARYLAND’S GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED A BILL PROVIDING GRANTS TO MARYLAND SCIENTISTS WHO DEVELOP NON ANIMAL BASED RESEARCH METHODS. IT WAS ...

Around 348 B.C., Aristotle took a two-year trip to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos to study animals in a lagoon. Along with observing the creatures in their natural habitat and surmising, among ...

For decades, preclinical testing in mice, rats, and nonhuman primates has been a crucial part of drug development, an important although not infallible way to ensure some measure of safety for human ...

According to MarketsandMarkets, the US In Vitro Diagnostics Market is projected to grow from about USD 37.43 Billion in 2025 to USD 57.18 billion ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. After struggling for eight years to have a baby, Shannon Petersen and her husband decided to try in vitro fertilization (IVF) in ...