Increased focus on non-animal models for COVID-19 and non-COVID lung research

This report from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre EU Reference Laboratory (EURL ECVAM), and its accompanying dataset [2], identifies well-established current and emerging in vitro, in silico and ex vivo non-animal models for respiratory disease modelling, and reinforces the concept of "reduce, refine, or replace" animals used for scientific purposes. The 3R approach is not only embraced by the European Commission, but also the respiratory research community, as evidenced by many European Respiratory Society publications as well as frequent ERS Congress sessions and research seminars on the topic.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Original Articles: Correspondence Source Type: research