Phasing in human-relevant science: Why the UK’s roadmap matters – and how to make it work (original) (raw)

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Thomas Hartung Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Bloomberg School of Public Health and Whiting School of Engineering, Doerenkamp-Zbinden-Chair for Evidence-based Toxicology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; CAAT-Europe, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

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Hartung, T. (2021). Pyrogen testing revisited on occasion of the 25th anniversary of the whole blood test. ALTEX 38, 3-19. doi:10.14573/altex.2101051

Hartung, T. (2025) The turning point: April 2025 marks historic shift in US animal testing policy. ALTEX 42, 536-537. doi:10.14573/altex.2504301

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“Phasing in human-relevant science: Why the UK’s roadmap matters – and how to make it work” (2026) ALTEX - Alternatives to Animal Experimentation, 43(1), pp. 176–177. doi:10.14573/altex.2511111.

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