The organ-on-chip market offers opportunities driven by the demand for alternatives to animal testing, advances in ...

A team led by HHMI Janelia Research Campus Fellow Daniel Feliciano developed a new, cost-effective technique that uses ...

Embryonic germ layers are the fundamental organizing principle in animal development. They provide the structural basis from which tissues and organs arise. During early embryogenesis, cells divide to ...

Every day, people die waiting for an organ transplant. Time is at a premium, not just for those awaiting organs, but also for the organs themselves, which can deteriorate rapidly during transportation ...

Both scientific and policy advancements could provide desperately needed organs for transplantation. For example, there have been some promising early studies using kidneys from pigs genetically ...

A group of researchers in Japan have made quite the breakthrough. According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, these scientists have created solar-powered ...

The Catholic Church has no objections to using animals as a source of organs, tissues, or cells for transplantation into human beings, and calls for the same bioethic standards that apply to all ...

Every year, millions of animals are used in laboratories, and for many people, the image is immediate and uncomfortable: ...