animal testing
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Scientists Show that Monkeys Can Live Up to 2 Years with Genetically Modified Pig Kidneys
Research out last week appears to show the potential longevity of transplanted organs from genetically engineered pigs. Scientists gave monkeys kidneys from these animals, finding that some were able to live for one to two years. Many of the genetic changes evaluated in this study could make pig-to-human transplants a more viable treatment to test…
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Doctors Claim to Have Successfully Transplanted a Pig Kidney Into a Human
Scientists look to be one major step closer to a long-awaited goal in medicine: successfully transplanting organs from another animal to a human. Researchers from New York University announced this week that they recently transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig that was then able to function as normal without rejection from the human…
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New ‘Mini-Brains’ Could Put Thousands Of Lab Animals Out Of Work
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have produced tiny brains made of human neurons and cells. These mini-brains could radically change how drugs are tested, replacing the many animals currently being used for neurological scientific research.
