Washington DC (UPI) Oct 01, 2020
Flatworms known as planaria could soon replace rabbits and other animals as reliable test models for topical skin products, according to a new study. The use of rabbits and other animals for product testing has long raised questions of ethics and sustainability. Human skin cells in a petri dish are sometimes used as an alternative, but the medium isn’t a reliable proxy for living tissue
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