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  New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)

  July 18, 2025

  

  NAMs, or New Approach Methodologies, is a term defined by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM)—a federal committee under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and coordinated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH): The formal definition—originally emphasized by current NIH leadership during their oversight of the…

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  New Approach Methodologies: Complement Animal Research In Experimentation (ARIE)

  May 28, 2025

  

  Read the full article: Complement-ARIE: Catalyzing the development and adoption of new approach methodologies DirectScience.com. Abstract: New approach methodologies (NAMs) are proving to be invaluable tools in basic and clinical research to better understand human health and disease, elucidate mechanisms, and study the efficacy and toxicity of novel therapeutics that can improve upon and complement…

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  3D-printed device advances human tissue modeling

  May 23, 2025

  

  Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative MedicineThe tiny Suspended Tissue Open Microfluidic Patterning, or STOMP device, for tissue engineering studies. The device is small enough to fit on a fingertip and can work with existing tissue-engineering technology. A new, easily adopted, 3D-printed device will enable scientists to create models of human tissue with even greater…

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