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How 'animal methods bias' is affecting research careers
Some early-career researchers report feeling pressure to use animal models to meet journal and grant requirements, even in disciplines and projects that don’t require them.
Krebs is now the medical-research programme manager for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a non-profit organization in Washington DC that advocates for alternatives to animal-based research. In 2010, a European Union directive established an ambitious goal to fully replace live animals used for scientific purposes with non-animal methods such as organoids or computer simulations. In terms of EU funding schemes and general acceptance of non-animal methods, there are more doors open to emerging researchers today, says Mathieu Vinken, who obtained his PhD in pharmaceutical sciences in 2006.
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