Science Catches Up to Conscience: How The UK's Bets on Phasing Out Animal Testing
Episode S5 · Ep 72 14 min 9s

Science Catches Up to Conscience: How The UK's Bets on Phasing Out Animal Testing

Send us Fan Mail 📖 Read the companion Substack essay In November 2025, the UK announced something unprecedented: a £75 million strategy to aggressively phase out animal testing—backed not primarily by ethical arguments, but by scientific evidence that the alternatives are often more accurate predictors of human outcomes. This episode unpacks three critical elements: The Technology: Organ-on-a-chip systems smaller than credit cards, lined with human cells. 3D bioprinted tissues that function f...

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