Biomedical research seeks to understand human physiology and disease risk, as well as myriad biological processes in humans—from the genetic level on up. Biomedical research also informs drug ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is actively steering drug developers away from traditional animal studies and toward human-biology-based testing methods for monoclonal antibody programs. The ...

The FDA has released a draft guidance outlining how drug developers can validate new approach methodologies (NAMs) as alternatives to animal testing in preclinical drug development. The guidance, ...

The FDA’s recent announcement to reduce, and in some cases replace, animal testing for monoclonal antibodies and other therapeutics represents one of the most consequential regulatory developments in ...

Most animals, including humans, have bilateral symmetry, which means our bodies are pretty symmetrical. At least on the outside. On the inside, things are different. "If you look at our insides, we ...

Why do human look like humans, rather than like chimps? Although we share 99% of our DNA with chimps, our faces and bodies look quite different from each other. While human body shape and appearance ...

A key question that remains in biology and biophysics is how three-dimensional tissue shapes emerge during animal development. Research teams have now found a mechanism by which tissues can be ...

New biophysics research adds to our knowledge about the origins of left-right asymmetry in the body. Most animals, including humans, have bilateral symmetry, which means our bodies are pretty ...

Gelteq Limited's new animal drug suitability petition approved by FDA, facilitating quicker market entry for innovative gel-based delivery solutions. Gelteq Limited, a biotechnology company focused on ...

Animal growth and development is a multifaceted process that spans from the prenatal phase—where rapid cellular proliferation, differentiation and morphogenesis occur—to postnatal expansion, which ...