Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...

Researchers reveal that the guinea pig pre-implantation embryo is very similar to the human embryo, spurring a better understanding of infertility and early human development. CRCHUM researcher Sophie ...

Human cell models may never be as good as the real thing, but we need these models to be as close as possible to understand how diseases develop and progress, and whether treatments are effective.

Draper recently received an up to $26.7 million other transaction award (OTA) from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The award supports the agency's Computational ADME-Tox and ...

In April 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a pivotal shift in drug development policy. The agency has set out to reduce, refine and potentially replace its long-standing ...

Every year, more than 100 million animals are used globally in biomedical research, yet over 90% of drugs that appear effective in animal trials fail during human clinical testing. 1 This staggering ...