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Center for Alternatives to Animals in Testing

Brown Center for Alternatives to Animals in Testing

The Center for Alternatives to Animals in Testing at Brown is using state-of-the-art, humane approaches to identify human health risks.

Faculty in the Center for Alternatives to Animals in Testing are using miniaturized human tissues to modernize toxicity and drug testing--and challenge the need for animals in research.
Center research teams are using microtissues to assess the effects of chemical exposures on brain, breast, heart, lung, ovary, and prostate cells.
Center faculty use state-of-the-art technologies to advance scientific discovery.

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