Change often involves a pivotal event that builds on previous history and opens the door to a new era. Pivotal events in science include the discovery of penicillin, the elucidation of the DNA double ...

Since some of our everyday products like cosmetics or pharmaceuticals are toxic to aquatic animals, when they get washed into the water system, they can pose a serious threat to wildlife. Those toxins ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced it plans to phase out animal testing in the development of monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs and biological products “with ...

This Research Topic will showcase advances in non-animal toxicology that improve the mechanistic understanding and predictive assessment of chemical safety.

The FDA's announcement in April that it will phase out animal testing in clinical trials came as a victory for animal rights activists but garnered mixed reactions among health researchers. The agency ...

CAMDEN — A Rutgers–Camden professor is developing a comprehensive data system that can be used as a valuable computational tool for researchers by providing them with access to chemical toxicity ...

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...

A committee of the National Research Council (NRC) will conduct a two-part study to assess and advance current approaches to toxicity testing and assessment to meet regulatory data needs. In the first ...

The use of animals to test the toxicity of chemicals may one day become outdated thanks to a low-cost, high-speed algorithm. The use of animals to test the toxicity of chemicals may one day become ...