Human experimentation made many modern medical advances possible—but history shows what happens when ethics are ignored. Across wars, regimes, and institutions, people were subjected to cruel and ...

Numerous potential treatments for neurological conditions, including autism spectrum disorders, have worked well in lab mice ...

Tech advances already show a future of testing in which we might not have to suffer and die while waiting for systems that ...

A Republican state representative is leading a group of Michigan legislators in asking the National Institutes of Health to stop funding medical experiments on beagles at Wayne State University. Since ...

Several State lawmakers are asking the National Institute of Health (NIH) to stop funding medical experiments on beagles at Wayne State University.

During the Cold War, U.S. scientists secretly injected plutonium into hospital patients. Most were never told what was happening or why they were chosen. Officials justified it as necessary research ...

Some human research will no longer be classified as a clinical trial, easing the paperwork burden, but not everyone agrees with the approach.

Peter was a good swimmer but that day he raised his arm, asking for help. He seemed to be drowning. Rescuers managed to drag ...

Human fetal tissue research has helped in the development of some vaccines.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report in Science Advances a breakthrough in human norovirus (HuNoV) research.

Researchers analyzed proteins extracted from "How to Cure and Expel All Afflictions and Illnesses of the Human Body" and "A ...

Scientists stress that the study represents an early signal, not a medical breakthrough. It identifies a potential avenue for ...