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Urgently needed now.
#NonAnimalMethods 🚨

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December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
pcrm.org
Dr. Cristina Müller is a 2025 #HUMAINAward winner advancing human-specific in vitro research at ETH Zurich & PSI.

Her work supports more predictive, ethical science—without animal experiments.

🎥 Watch her story below.

#HumanRelevantResearch #NAMs #NonanimalMethods

www.pcrm.org/HUMAINaward
March 19, 2026 at 2:48 PM
pcrm.org
Meet 2025 #HUMAINAward winner Dr. Veronica Zingales (University of Valencia).

Her work uses human-specific, nonanimal research models—helping generate more relevant data to protect human health.

Watch her story and learn how human-relevant science is shaping the future. 🎥

#NonanimalMethods
March 5, 2026 at 2:34 PM
martaetynkowski.bsky.social
Comité Scientifique Pro Anima just shared a fantastic resource from a roundtable on the challenges of raising awareness about #NonAnimalMethods (NAMs), esp how to communicate complex #scientific concepts to the general public.

🧵 A few key takeaways...
November 21, 2024 at 6:32 PM
rjm821.bsky.social
Funding for graduate students!

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#graduatefellowships #humanrelevantresearch #nonanimalmethods #nams… | International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER)
Now Accepting Applications: IFER Graduate Fellowship Preproposal Deadline: April 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM CST Are you a graduate student developing innovative, human-relevant science without the use of a...
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April 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
thecolaab.bsky.social
Both publications point to the same constraint:

Peer review expectations can undermine efforts to reduce animal use.

Addressing animal methods bias is key to removing this barrier.

#NAMs #NonAnimalMethods #ScientificParadigm
These publications point to the same constraint: Peer review expectations can undermine efforts to reduce animal use, and addressing animal methods bias is key to removing this barrier.
July 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
thecolaab.bsky.social
We got some great coverage about #AnimalMethodsBias in @nature.com Careers. Big thanks to Christine Ro's great reporting. Be sure to check it out!

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#biomedicalresearch 🧪 #peerreviewbias #nonanimalmethods
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.
www.nature.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
thecolaab.bsky.social
✍ This week’s tip for researchers to mitigate #animalmethodsbias is focused on method justification—how can you demonstrate that #nonanimalmethods are the right choice for your research? 🧪

#peerreview #peerreviewbias #methodsuitability
Mitigating Animal Methods Bias in Grant Review, Tip #3: Provide robust justifications for your chosen method Preempt biased reviews by describing your chosen method’s suitability, advantages over animals, and translational potential. Reviewers who prefer or expect to see animal-based methods will need to be convinced by robust justifications for nonanimal methods, including how it’s better to answer the specific research question than animals and its translational potential to improve human health.
March 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
thecolaab.bsky.social
Are you a researcher using #nonanimalmethods? 🧪
Over the next two months, we will share our recommendations for researchers in greater detail to help you understand your role in addressing #animalmethodsbias in grant #peerreview.

#peerreviewbias #newapproachmethodologies #NAMs
How researchers can help mitigate animal methods bias in grant peer review Researchers can: Raise awareness of animal methods bias within your institution and scientific community; Educate and train the scientific community in nonanimal research methods and their value in translational success Researchers can: Seek funding from appropriate sources; Ensure funding opportunities have appropriate method specifications and reviewer expertise Researchers can: Provide a robust justification for the use and suitability of the chosen methods to answer your specific research question and impact human health in proposals; Volunteer for reviewer positions and make yourself available to review staff
February 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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#animalwelfare #animalrights #endanimaltesting #researchethics #beaglerescue #ridglanfarms #animaladvocacy #nonanimalmethods #corporateaccountability #bioethics #humanescience #dogsdeservebetter | Voi...
Ridglan Farms should force a serious conversation about the ethics of animal research. For decades, beagles were bred there for use in laboratories. Now, following years of pressure from advocates, 1...
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May 24, 2026 at 2:12 PM
veganm.bsky.social
🎯Organoids promise more accurate testing of drug safety & efficacy BEFORE human trials

#NonAnimalMethods (NAMs)
🚫 🐾🐾 🧪

❓What’s taken so long? 🤔

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Accelerating Organoid Adoption Set to Transform Cancer Drugs
Organoids promise more accurate testing of drug safety and efficacy before human trials.
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May 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
ertrunnell.bsky.social
Frühwein & Paul echo what we've written about the #3Rs (🔗 below): The framework is insufficient. Given the availability of #NonAnimalMethods ( #NAMs) , "animal research may no longer be scientifically necessary or ethically defensible." www.scienceadvancement.org/reflections/...
Graphic of a small rodent with the SAO logo and ScienceAdvancement.org and the following quote: “The traditional 3Rs principles of replacement, reduction, and refinement, intended to ethically guide animal testing, has in practice often served to reinforce its continued use rather than to eliminate it." Hamideh Frühwein & Norbert W. Paul. J Transl Med. 2025. doi: 10.1186/s12967-025-06084-3
February 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
awsel.bsky.social
Great question. Here is a starting point from Norecopa.
#NAT #NonAnimalTechnologies aka #NAM #NewApproachMethodologies aka #NonAnimalMethods seek to replace, not refine, animal models for the benefit of human health. #AnimalResearch 🐾🧪

norecopa.no/alternatives...
July 20, 2026 at 3:21 AM
medsnotcruelty.bsky.social
Petition to end animal testing, if you have a UK address, please sign and share! Please ensure you confirm your signature by clicking the link you receive in your emails.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

#EndAnimalTestingNow #ModernScience #NonAnimalMethods #MedicineWithoutCruelty
Petition: End testing on dogs and other animals for development of products for human use
Many tests on dogs and other animals cause unimaginable suffering. They can translate poorly into effective treatments and cures for human diseases or provide safety and efficacy data that is not rele...
petition.parliament.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
stopvivisectiondk.bsky.social
Dynamic42 and research partners present three-organ system to reduce #animaltesting
Pilot project “Multi Organ Model” successfully completed.
Three-organ model improves prediction of drug response.

dynamic42.com/press-releas...

#human-organ-on-chip-models #nonanimalmethods #science
Dynamic42 and research partners present three-organ system to reduce animal testing
Dynamic42, ESQlabs, Bayer, and the Placenta Lab developed a three-organ system using organ-on-chip technology to advance research and reduce animal testing.
dynamic42.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
qkine.bsky.social
Qkine manufacture the only commercially available animal origin-free recombinant R-spondin 1. Qkine R spondin 1 has been extensively tested by our customers in the support of pancreatic organoids > zurl.co/j61FV

#organoids #newapproachmethodologies #nonanimalmethods
April 29, 2026 at 7:03 AM
ertrunnell.bsky.social
It’s giving… NAM‑biguity 🧪

#NonAnimalMethods?
#NewApproachMethodologies?

In this timely new paper, Donna Macmillan, Phi Holcomb, and Kristie Sullivan (ICCS & IIVS) take on the great vocabulary swirl of animal‑free science and call for some much-needed clarity.

www.altex.org/index.php/al...
Screenshot from the linked page, showing the paper "Lost in NAMs-lation: A review of animal-free science definitions" by Donna S. Macmillan, Phi Holcomb, and Kristie M. Sullivan. Published as a Benchmarks article in the journal ALTEX.
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
ertrunnell.bsky.social
Opportunities are still open to join >40 government, life science, nonprofit, & other organizations in FNIH's Validation and Qualification Network, which aims to accelerate the implementation of #NonAnimalMethods.

Learn more:
fnih.org/news/fnih-pr...

#NAMs 🧪
A light blue graphic with a white quotation mark at the top left and a white starburst at the bottom right. A quote reads: "These innovative approaches will advance safety testing, accelerate drug development, and enhance disease modeling ... Ultimately, this will support more cost-effective and human-relevant results, compared to traditional [read animal] models. - Stacey Adam, PhD, FNIH Vice President of Science Partnerships; fnih.org."
July 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
ertrunnell.bsky.social
Searches for #NonAnimalMethods should not be limited to peer-reviewed literature. Preprints & ‘grey’ literature like policy reports, newsletters, government documents, white papers, protocols, online forums, & social media, as well as consultations, can provide valuable leads.
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June 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
thecolaab.bsky.social
🏷️ #WD4AIL #WDAIL #WWAIL #WW4AIL #WorldDayforLaboratoryAnimals #WorldDayforAnimalsinLabs #WorldLabAnimalDay #AnimalMethodsBias #Advocacy #Webinar #ResearchFunding #BiomedicalResearch #nonanimalmethods #organoids #organsonchips
April 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
thecolaab.bsky.social
Animal methods bias, whether caused by personal preferences for animal-based methods or lack of expertise in #NonAnimalMethods, can affect the quality or fairness of nonanimal grant and manuscript #PeerReview.
March 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
veganm.bsky.social
I don’t stand by someone who supported animal abuse and did nothing to stop it. #NonAnimalMethods
March 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM