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More anti-science at the US funding agencies.

“the #NIH will no longer seek proposals exclusively for animal models."
Slide at 2:48 (NIH section starting at 2:38).

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetings-conferences-and-workshops/fda-nih-workshop-reducing-animal-testing-07072025

Apparently, hallucinating AIs will be sufficient for finding the next drugs, no animal tests necessary. Given the history of human testing in the US, I think it's quite clear which populations will get the newly discovered drugs first...

#science #pseudoscience #USpol