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Developing a global education hub for animal-free innovation

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In  recent  decades,  the  life  sciences  have  witnessed  remarkable  advancements, leading to breakthroughs in medicine, agriculture, and  environmental  science.  Although  experiments  on  animals  have  been  used  on  the  way  to  making  these  advancements,  the  scientific community and society are increasingly questioning the scientific validity and ethics of using animals in research, testing, teaching,  and  training.  Systematic  reviews  have  shown  that  the  translatability  of  results  from  animal  studies  to  humans  is  often  poor (Leenaars et al., 2019), and the use of animals in experiments is  often  termed  “a  black  box”  because  the  mechanisms  at  work  are  unclear.  In  addition,  experiments  using  genetically  homog-enous  strains  of  animals  do  not  reflect  the  interindividual  differ-ences among patients. Diseases are often induced in experimental animals in an artificial way, for example by genetic modification or  chemical  insult,  which  means  that  the  human  etiology  of  the  diseases is not accurately represented, hindering opportunities to identify avenues for prevention and treatment.

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ALTEX : Alternatives to Animal Experimentation, 2025, vol. 42, num.2, p. 354-357

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cc by (c) Monique R. E. Janssens, et al., 2025

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Articles publicats en revistes (Bioquímica i Fisiologia)

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Developing a global education hub for animal-free innovation