UAlbany student growing mini human hearts for medical research

UAlbany student growing mini human hearts for medical research

This research offers an alternative to traditional animal models, which often fail when used for drug or disease research.

NIH Announces Plan to Use Fewer Animals in Federally Funded Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on April 29 unveiled a new plan to replace some animal testing in federally funded research with alternatives such as lab-grown organs. The NIH, which funds research across the United States as well as in other countries, said in a statement that animal testing is still vital when testing new technologies, but that other options can be used “to yield replicable, translatable, and efficient results either a…

NIH To Suspend Funds For Research Abroad As It Overhauls Policy, Report Says

Nature: A forthcoming policy from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will target - and at least temporarily stop -- funding to laboratories and hospitals outside the United States, threatening thousands of global-health projects and international collaborations on topics such as emerging infectious diseases and cancer. The NIH, the world's largest funder of biomedical research, plans to release the policy in the next week. Some agency st…