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Alternatives to animal testing
Non-animal methods are often cheaper, quicker and more effective

            
Introduction
Replacing animal tests does not mean putting human patients at risk. It also does not mean halting medical progress. Instead, replacing animals used in testing will improve the quality as well as the humanity of our science. Thankfully, the development of non-animal methods is growing, and fast. Due to innovations in science, animal tests are being replaced in areas such as toxicity testing, neuroscience and drug development. But much more needs to be done. Once new non-animal methods have been developed, there are often massive bureaucratic hurdles to implementing and enforcing their use. One of the most important jobs the Cruelty Free International science teamdoes is encourage regulators to accept and promote the use of non-animal methods to replace animal testing. Hide image gallery
This device, which is the size of a smartphone, is known as a human-on-a-chip.