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CAAT MPS Program Director Lena Smirnova comments on the NIH’s decision to pivot from primarily animal research to more human-relevant research methods: “This shift validates years of work by our community and accelerates the path toward more predictive, human-relevant research.”

The NIH has announced that it will move away from animal testing in scientific research. Instead, it will focus more of its attention on new research methods. Some of these methods include, but aren’t limited to: