Billionaires are investing heavily in a cutting-edge tech company specializing in the creation of genetically engineered monkey organs, with hopes that lab-grown human parts could soon follow.

Our body's "blood factory" consists of specialized tissue made up of bone cells, blood vessels, nerves and other cell types. Now, researchers have succeeded for the first time in recreating this ...

In April of this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new roadmap that aims to replace animal testing in the development of new drugs with more human-relevant methods. The goal is ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a 3D human colon model integrated with bioelectronics to aid in colorectal cancer research and drug discovery. The "3D in vivo ...

Sad sack or serious salvation? A small group of scientists is angling to replace laboratory animals with living “organ sacks” grown from human cells. R3 Bio, a billionaire-backed biotech startup, is ...

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A US biotechnology company has tested a gene therapy designed to reverse ageing in humans for the first time. View on ...

Scientists have discovered a method of helping human stem cells thrive in an animal embryo—a key development in efforts to grow human organs in animals for medical transplants. A study by UT ...

Scientists in Tokyo have developed a groundbreaking, label-free method to identify aging human cells using electric fields. This new technique avoids the downsides of chemical tagging, which can ...