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Is it the beginning of the end for animal testing?

Is it the beginning of the end for animal testing?

Science Weekly vor 10 Monaten

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Patrick Vallance, the minister for science, research and
innovation, recently unveiled a plan to cut animal testing through
greater use of AI and other technologies, with the eventual aim of
phasing it out altogether. To understand how this will affect
research and what could be used in place of animal models,
Madeleine Finlay hears from science editor Ian Sample, Prof Hazel
Screen of Queen Mary University London and Prof Kevin Harrington
from the Institute of Cancer Research. Help support our independent
journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod