UK Announces Strategy to End Animal Testing and Boost AI Alternatives
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The UK government has announced plans to phase out animal testing for safety assessments by the end of 2025, replacing many tests with human cell-based and computer simulation methods, aiming to significantly reduce animal use in scientific research by 2030, while acknowledging the challenges and limitations of non-animal models.
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- Government sets out plan to phase out animal experiments BBC
- U.K. releases plan to phase out animal testing in research statnews.com
- Labour plan to ban animal testing ‘could be disastrous for humans’ The Telegraph
- Clone of 2.64 million animal tests in Great Britain in 2024 Cruelty Free International
- UK minister unveils plan to cut animal testing through greater use of AI The Guardian
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