“The move is the latest in a series of initiatives by the Trump administration to try to reduce animal testing. Last year, NIH announced it would devote $87 million to a project to develop a standardized alternative to animal testing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to shutter its primate labs, and the Food and Drug Administration published a roadmap for reducing animal testing.
The push to end animal research testing is backed by animal-rights activists close to the administration, like far-right political activist Laura Loomer and President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump.
But some researchers worry that moving away from animal testing too quickly could mean stalled progress on treatments that could cure disease and save lives.”