Human liver-on-a-chip predicts human toxicity better than animal studies
A new organ-on-a-chip system can predict human toxicity that was undetected in animal studies for drugs halted in clinical trials and emphasizes species-specific responses in liver toxicity.
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This recently published study says the time has now come to prioritise the Replacement of animals used for scientific purposes, over refinement and reduction strategies. The 21st Century has…
Continue readingBook review: Rigor mortis
Scientific research should not be attached to particular dogmas or paradigms but, on the contrary, change its methods according to the results obtained. In his book “Rigor Mortis”, the…
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