Everyone knows that mice aren’t men. Yet animal studies still form the basis of most biomedical research, even as their value is hotly debated. But exactly how often do therapies that start in animals ...

Binge eating, especially on high-fat, high-sugar foods, can rewire the brain and alter behavior, leading to compulsive food-seeking and a greater likelihood of overeating instead of under-eating when ...

Animal studies are often considered a first step in finding new drugs and treatments for human diseases, but a new review has discovered that precious few actually produce real-world therapies. Only 5 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed to reduce animal studies conducted to assess safety in the development of certain cancer medications, marking the agency’s latest effort to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued General Considerations for Animal Studies Intended to Evaluate Medical Devices – Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration ...

Interest in Animal Studies is growing so fast and I really wanted to create a text that grounds the interdisciplinary field. There are some other collections that have recently come out that are ...

If you’ve ever wondered about the differences and similarities between herpetology and helminthology, you’ve come to the right place. First of all, they both end in -logy. Secondly, they’re both ...

A new publication in Nature Reviews Methods Primers provides essential guidance for conducting rigorous systematic reviews on studies with animals and cells. It also highlights the benefits of these ...

New research from the University of Newcastle has revealed that PFAS levels matching those found in the Williamtown contamination zone could significantly alter male reproductive health in ...