Part 1 of a 3-part editorial series on Trailhead Biosystems By Sirena Meade | Founder and Editor, The Biotech Beacon Photography by: Nicholas Campbell For decades, drug discovery has depended on an imperfect translation: testing potential therapies in systems that are close enough to teach scientists something, but not always close enough to predict what will happen in a human body. Animal models have helped move medicine forward. They have shaped preclinical research, suppor