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Senators push to reduce animal testing in $5.5B research field - Healthcare - The Black Chronicle

(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has reintroduced legislation to push the Food and Drug Administration to adopt modern alternatives to animal testing. The bill would require the FDA to speed up its approval of new testing methods that don't involve animals, such as cell-based research, computer models, and lab-grown organ […]

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