The Foundation for Biomedical Research

09/09/2026

The Lasker Foundation announced its 2026 award recipients, recognizing groundbreaking work that has expanded our understanding of human health and advanced treatments for serious diseases.

Behind two of this year’s award-winning breakthroughs was research involving dogs, mice, rats, rabbits and nonhuman primates.

Learn how animal research contributed to this year’s discoveries:

Two of the 2026 Lasker Awards recognize discoveries and medical advances that involved research with dogs, mice, rats and nonhuman primates.

09/08/2026

🔬 During Blood Cancer Awareness Month, we’re highlighting how biomedical research has helped advance new treatments for blood cancers.

CAR T-cell therapy is one example. CARVYKTI, an FDA-approved treatment for multiple myeloma, uses a CAR designed with llama-derived antibodies to help T cells recognize and attack cancer cells.

Researchers are continuing to explore new ways to apply this approach to other blood cancers, including leukemia and lymphoma.

Learn more about the research behind today’s medical advances.

09/03/2026

Where do nonhuman primates fit into translational research today?

Join Bioculture and the European Animal Research Association (EARA) for a webinar on Xtalks exploring the evolving role of nonhuman primates as a critical translational research model, alongside emerging research methods and the 3Rs.

📅 Sept. 25 | 11 a.m. Eastern time

Learn more and register: https://xtalks.com/webinars/assessing-the-use-of-non-human-primates-in-translational-research-today/

Join this webinar to examine how Non-Human Primates support translational research, preclinical safety and model selection.

09/01/2026

Blood cancer research has led to remarkable advances that are helping more people live longer, healthier lives. During Blood Cancer Awareness Month, FBR recognizes the decades of biomedical research that have expanded our understanding of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Research involving animals has also contributed to innovative therapies in unexpected ways: llama-derived antibody fragments are part of CARVYKTI, a CAR T-cell therapy approved to treat multiple myeloma. By combining animal models with complementary research methods, scientists continue to develop innovative therapies that offer new hope to patients.

08/20/2026

Biomedical research is helping protect people from mosquito-borne diseases.

08/10/2026

From vaccines to treatments for neurodegenerative disease, research with nonhuman primates has helped advance some of medicine’s most important breakthroughs.

A new position statement from APV and EPV highlights why primates remain valuable to biomedical research and the importance of responsible research with these animals.

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07/22/2026

The brain is the body's most complex organ, and understanding it requires many scientific approaches. On World Brain Day, FBR recognizes the research that has expanded understanding of the brain and helped advance treatments for neurological diseases. Scientists rely on a variety of research methods (including animal models such as mice, zebrafish and long-tailed macaques, alongside complementary approaches like cell cultures, organoids, computer models and advanced imaging) because each provides unique insights into brain function, disease and potential therapies. Together, these approaches have helped scientists better understand the brain and advance treatments that improve lives for people with conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke and epilepsy.

07/09/2026

Medical breakthroughs don't come from a single method.

From animal research to cell-based technologies and computer models, researchers use many complementary approaches to understand diseases and develop new treatments.

07/09/2026

Animal research and NAMs aren't competing approaches; they're complementary scientific strategies. Animal research + NAMs = better science.

Researchers select the best methods to answer scientific questions and advance treatments, vaccines and cures.

European Animal Research Association

07/09/2026

Today for , we're sharing FBR’s newly updated Animal Research Success brochure.

Medical advancements depend on a range of scientific approaches, including animal research and new approach methodologies (NAMs). Learn how animal research is helping contribute to medical breakthroughs.

📖⚕️Read the brochure: https://www.flipsnack.com/fbresearch/animal-research-success/full-view.html
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European Animal Research Association