El Duvelle<p>"This lung-on-a-chip serves as an accurate model of human lungs to test for drug safety and efficacy." 😂🙄</p><p>Context: the now-corrupted NIH plans to stop funding all non-human animal research. Not just for drug testing (for which it is obviously still necessary, unless they don't plan to develop any new drugs?) but seemingly also for fundamental research.<br>Source: <a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/2025/07/04/nih-prioritize-human-based-research-technologies#:~:text=NIH%20is%20adopting%20a%20new,to%20reduce%20testing%20in%20animals" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nihrecord.nih.gov/2025/07/04/n</span><span class="invisible">ih-prioritize-human-based-research-technologies#:~:text=NIH%20is%20adopting%20a%20new,to%20reduce%20testing%20in%20animals</span></a></p><p>More recent source that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@susanleemburg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>susanleemburg</span></a></span> already shared on here: <a href="https://www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announces-end-to-funding-for-animal-only-studies/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-an</span><span class="invisible">nounces-end-to-funding-for-animal-only-studies/</span></a></p><p>However, the NIH apparently cannot change policy without a minimum consultation period from the public first, so anyone can comment about this proposition here: <a href="https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetings-conferences-and-workshops/fda-nih-workshop-reducing-animal-testing-07072025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetin</span><span class="invisible">gs-conferences-and-workshops/fda-nih-workshop-reducing-animal-testing-07072025</span></a></p><p>They tried to remove the comment box, but people complained about this so it is back now. Will anyone look at the comments? Who knows..</p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/UsScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UsScience</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/USResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USResearch</span></a></p>