‘Headless’ human bodies could replace lab animals for scientific testing: ‘A great source of organs’

Sad sack or serious salvation? A small group of scientists is angling to replace laboratory animals with living “organ sacks” ...
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Billionaire-backed R3 BIO grows lab organs to replace animal testing

Boston biotech firm R3 BIO is developing lab-grown organ systems called "bodyoids" with investors hoping the technology could ...

Can 'mini brains' replace lab animals? Organoids are changing how scientists study disease

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

Magnetic fields guide lab-grown blood vessels into precise patterns for drug testing

Animal studies often fail to predict human tissue responses to new drugs or newly developed therapies. Besides generating ...
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Vivodyne Announces $38 Million Seed Financing Led by Khosla Ventures to Develop Lab-Grown Human Organs

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vivodyne, a biotech that discovers and develops more effective drugs by testing them on lab-grown human organs, today announced the close of $38 million in total seed ...
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Reimagining alternatives to animal testing

Around 348 B.C., Aristotle took a two-year trip to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos to study animals in a lagoon. Along with observing the creatures in their natural habitat and surmising, among ...