NAVS Alumni Spotlight: IFER Fellowship Recipient Georgina Harris
This week’s Science First “NAVS Alumni Spotlight” catches up with Georgina Harris, recipient of the NAVS/International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER) Graduate Fellowship for Alternatives to the Use of Animals…
Will Human Organ Chip Experiments Replace Animal Studies?
This week in Science First, we’d like to share an article written by Dr. Donald Ingber. Dr. Ingber is an expert in organ chip technologies and founding director of the…
Meet the Humane Science “Class of 2021”
Your generosity and commitment to advancing science without harming animals is making a difference in the lives of young researchers around the world. Continuing our longstanding investment in ending the…
Where are the animals?
Over the last several years, NAVS has shared various issues pertaining to the lack of transparency surrounding animal experiments. This week, we’d like to focus on another of these issues:…
U.S. Government Invests in Non-Animal “Tissue Chips”
Over the last several years, NAVS has shared exciting advances that are being made with tissue chips—three-dimensional bioengineered devices made from human cells designed to accurately mimic the function of…
Animal “shortage” not a problem, but an opportunity for change
A few weeks ago, we shared with you our thoughts on recent media coverage indicating that the U.S. doesn’t have enough nonhuman primates to test COVID-19 treatments. In this week’s…
Animals affected by COVID-19
The coronavirus continues to wreak global havoc. To date, the virus has claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people in the United States, and more than one million people…
Q&A with Ex Vivo Skin Models Company Genoskin
NAVS recently had the opportunity to speak with Eric Merle, Chief Commercial Officer at Genoskin. Genoskin provides the research community with human skin models as alternatives to the use of…
