Not Signed In - EU Approves New Alternatives To Animal Testing Of Drugs And Chemicals
Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:00 PM EST
... The Scientific Advisory Committee of the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) has today approved six new alternative testing methods that will reduce the need for certain drugs and chemicals to be tested on animals. The new tests use cell cultures rather than animals to establish the toxicity of cancer drugs and identify contaminated drugs... click link for more info. ...
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