Science Advancement and Outreach
@SAOscience

Promoting human-relevant research, policies, and funding opportunities. Better for patients, better for animals.

 Washington DC
scienceadvancement.org
Joined September 2022
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Endometriosis Awareness Month 2026: Human‑First Science for a Human Disease

Although endometriosis is a uniquely human disease, research funding has long favored experiments on animals that poorly reflect its biology. But new human-based methods are showing that scientific

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World Cancer Day: Advancing Human-Relevant Science to Improve Cancer Outcomes

As we raise awareness and encourage prevention on this World Cancer Day, it’s critical to talk about the need to move away from failed animal experimentation and toward innovative, human-relevant
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Women’s Health Research Needs a Human-Centered Reset

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, and today is Maternal Health Awareness Day! This month provides an important opportunity to highlight two critical issues in women’s health*: cervical
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Animal Sentience Is Not a Belief. It’s an Evidence-Based Scientific Conclusion.

The question is no longer whether animals are sentient—it is why we continue to behave as if they are not. In his recent blog, @MarcBekoff writes, "[a] large body of scientific evidence stemming from
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