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A controversial research was conducted by an influential scientist in an attempt to understand the nature of depression and loneliness. Find out more about it in this article.
Though animal testing is no longer an FDA requirement, it may still take a while for firms to adopt safe and effective non-animal testing alternatives completely. Read to know more.
Neuralink employees have raised concerns internally due to demands for fast progress that results in unnecessary mistakes, putting the company under federal probe for potential animal welfare violations. Read the article to know the full details.
Glynn Steel, the man who recently died due to COVID-19 "begged for a vaccine" before he went on life support, although at the time, it was already too late to inoculate him, his wife Emma said in a news report.
Genoskin recently developed ex vivo skin models from natural human skin donated by patients who undergo surgery to replace animal models and predict clinical results.
Fish and worm might have a fighting chance to combat epilepsy. Scientists have been keeping an eye to the option through genetics that will eventually lead to the development of drugs that will cure drug-resistant epilepsy.