Funding for animal research alternatives reaches ‘inflection point’

Across the United States and Europe, funding is flowing to develop and advance non-animal-based research methods. Last week, the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced $150 million—its first round of funding under the Complement Animal Research in Experimentation program—dedicated to the study and testing of novel alternative methods (NAMs), such as organoids and computational modeling technologies. This outlay signals an “inflection point” for NAMs, says Danilo Tagle, who retired in...