The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has closed its last beagle laboratory, according to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya. This decision aligns with NIH’s recent commitment to prioritize safe human-based research methods while reducing animal testing.
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“We look forward to more animal lab closures, both at the NIH and at institutions it funds, as innovative research using tissue chips, computational methods, and other human-based approaches becomes the norm rather than the exception,” Dr. Catharine E. Krebs, medical research program manager for the Physicians Committee, commented.
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h/t: PCRM
Photos: Beagle Freedom Project
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