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Nature 419, 337 (26 September 2002) | doi:10.1038/419337b

No alternative to animal tests for behaviour

Rafael Roesler1

  1. Genotoxicity Laboratory, Centre for Biotechnology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Your News story "Race is on to find alternative to animal tests" (Nature 418, 116; 200210.1038/418116a) discussed the possibility that in vitro methods could replace animal tests used in the toxicologic screening of chemicals.