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India pushes for alternatives to animals in biomedical research

Organs-on-a-chip and other technologies are becoming reliable models for testing drug efficacy and toxicity.
  1. Gayathri Vaidyanathan
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India has become the latest nation to explore using emerging technologies such as organs-on-a-chip to replace animals in research. Earlier this month, the national regulator for biomedical research recommended fast-tracking investments in technologies that can replace animals. Some Indian scientists have welcomed the plan, but they say that alternatives for drug toxicity and efficacy tests are not yet sufficient to replace animals.

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Nature 574, 16 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02947-0

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  1. Swaminathan, S. Kumar, V. & Kaul, R. Indian J. Med. Res. 149, 584–592 (2019).

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