Animal studies often fail to predict human tissue responses to new drugs or newly developed therapies. Besides generating tremendous costs for clinical studies, it also raises significant ethical ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

Scientists found microplastics in all examined human brains in a recent study, with highest levels discovered in dementia ...

The Trump administration announced Thursday that human fetal tissue derived from abortions can no longer be used in research funded by the National Institutes of Health. The policy, long urged by anti ...

For decades, lab-grown cells have been studied in materials that don't reflect the softness and flexibility of human tissue.

On Jan. 23, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services barred the use of human fetal tissue from elective abortions in research funded by the National Institutes of Health. Human fetal tissue ...

The objective of the Tissue Resources Core is to collect, prepare and distribute high-quality human tissue samples (including solid tissues, blood and other biospecimens) to researchers located on the ...

The National Institutes of Health, the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, announced Thursday that it would no longer support research that utilizes fetal tissue donated to ...

The U.S. government may restrict funding for research that uses human fetal tissue. The move would undermine medical science and prolong patients' suffering from devastating diseases. When you ...

The National Institutes of Health’s James Shannon building is seen on the agency’s campus in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 24, 2014. (Credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP.) Listen The Trump administration ...