Collections of human cells generated from different sources can be used to test new drugs. Credit: Lewis Houghton/SPL When it comes to evaluating drugs or understanding basic biology, researchers are increasingly favouring various innovative experimental approaches over animal models or immortalized human cell lines. Such approaches, known as NAMs — short for ‘novel alternative methods’ or ‘new approach methodologies’ — …
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