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 ...

Psilocybin induces different behavioral responses in rats depending on their age and female reproductive cycles. Treating ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As concern grows about the long-term health effects of modern diets, new research led by the University of Technology Sydney ...

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 ...

The National Institutes of Health announced on Monday that the biomedical agency will no longer put out new funding opportunities solely relying upon animal testing and will require that applicants ...

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 ...