Brussels, 22/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 21 March, the Scientific Advisory Committee of the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) approved six new methods to reduce the number of experiments carried out to test certain drugs and chemical products on animals, by using cell cultures rather than animals to establish the toxicity of cancer drugs and to detect contaminated drugs. Furthermore, these methods will help to improve the accuracy of tests. The role of ECVAM,...