Is it the beginning of the end for animal testing? – podcast
by Presented by Madeleine Finlay, with Ian Sample, pr from on (#71S0S)
Patrick Vallance, the minister for science, research and innovation, recently unveiled a plan to cut animal testing through greater use of AI and other technologies, with the eventual aim of phasing it out altogether. To understand how this will affect research and what could be used in place of animal models, Madeleine Finlay hears from science editor Ian Sample, Prof Hazel Screen of Queen Mary University London and Prof Kevin Harrington from the Institute of Cancer Research
UK minister unveils plan to cut animal testing through greater use of AI
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