LOS ANGELES, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Tuesday a major new initiative aimed at advancing human-based research methods while reducing reliance on animal testing.
While traditional animal models remain essential to scientific progress, the NIH emphasized that emerging technologies offer unique capabilities that, when used alone or alongside animal studies, can empower researchers to tackle complex biomedical questions that were previously difficult or impossible to address.
