Are there alternatives to animal testing?

Yes — human organ-on-chip systems, cultured human tissue, computational toxicology and micro-dosing studies are validated for a growing range of endpoints.

How reliable is animal testing for humans?

Poorly in many areas: the large majority of drugs that pass animal trials still fail in human trials, often on efficacy or safety.

Animals

Animal testing in research

Toxicology, drug development and cosmetics testing on animals — the scale, the translation-failure problem, and the organ-on-chip, in-silico and human-cell methods now displacing them.

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Are there alternatives to animal testing?: Yes — human organ-on-chip systems, cultured human tissue, computational toxicology and micro-dosing studies are validated for a growing range of endpoints.
How reliable is animal testing for humans?: Poorly in many areas: the large majority of drugs that pass animal trials still fail in human trials, often on efficacy or safety.