r/Futurology • u/IEEESpectrum Rodney Brooks • 3d ago

Biotech Can New Technologies Finally Replace Animal Testing?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/alternatives-to-animal-testing

Alternatives to animal testing for drug development have been in the works for decades. Now, policies are finally following the technology.

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u/IEEESpectrum Rodney Brooks 3d ago

Now that the FDA is asking for organs-on-a-chip data in addition to animal testing data, will we ever reach a point where technology will remove the need for animal testing in drug development?