NIH Bets Big on Human-Based Research to Cut Animal Testing
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NIH is investing over $150 million to advance human-based research methods (NAMs) and reduce animal testing, creating technology development centers, a NAMs data hub, and a validation network; four pilot NAMs projects on preterm birth, developmental neurotoxicity, inhalation toxicity, and acute oral toxicity will be funded, with a separate $7 million Reduction to Practice Challenge with FDA and EPA to push NAMs toward regulatory use.
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