NIH launches new centre in planned move away from animal testing
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Rebecca Trager2025-09-30T13:31:00
Biomedical research agency’s new organoid modelling centre will address reproducibility concerns with AI, robotics and human cells
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a new centre that aims to reduce the use of animal testing in drug discovery by developing organoids – lab-grown tissue models designed to mimic the structure and function of human organs. Dubbed the Standardized Organoid Modeling Center, the goal of the centre will be to create new standardised organoid-based methodologies to help improve reproducibility.