Ethics, policy, and legislation

Tessel B. Wijne, Wouter P. C. Boon, Anne S. Kienhuis, Ellen H. M. Moors, Jarno Hoekman. Pursuing societal impact in research projects on NAM development: An analysis of routes to impact. NAM Journal. 2025;1:100050. doi:10.1016/j.namjnl.2025.100050

U.S. National Institutes of Health. NIH to prioritize human-based research technologies. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-prioritize-human-based-research-technologies. Published 2025.

Fred Schwaller. A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help. Nature. 2025. doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01083-2

Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag, Mathieu Vinken, Dacinia Crina Petrescu. Mapping the ethical and sustainable transition in toxicology: a bibliometric analysis and a review of new approach methodologies. Archives of Toxicology. 2025. doi:10.1007/s00204-025-04209-7

Jimin Liu, Xiang Zai, Xiaqing Tian, Jiaxuan Li, Shipeng Yan, Taiyi Wang. Practical implementation and impact of the 4R principles in ethnopharmacology: Pursuing a more humane approach to research. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2025;16. doi:10.3389/fphar.2025.1543316

Angela Bearth, Nicolas Roth, Tom Jansen, et al. New approach methodologies in human health risk assessment across European regulatory frameworks: Status quo, barriers and drivers for regulatory acceptance and use. Environment International. 2025;196:109279. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2025.109279

Francesca Pistollato, Fabia Furtmann, Annalisa Gastaldello, et al. Bridging the prevention gap: funding distribution and methodological shifts in prevention-focused biomedical research under EU framework programmes. Journal of Translational Medicine. 2025;23(1):1006. doi:10.1186/s12967-025-07019-8

Thomas Hartung. The turning point: April 2025 marks historic shift in US animal testing policy. ALTEX - Alternatives to animal experimentation. 2025. doi:10.14573/altex.2504301

Jean Knight, Costanza Rovida, Kate Willett, Jay Ingram. Fish count, too – The animal toll of REACH aquatic toxicity tests. ALTEX - Alternatives to animal experimentation. 2025. doi:10.14573/altex.2506011

Jennifer Bell, Vanessa Zaiatz Bittencourt. Dealing with animal death and writing about it: Cultivating resilience in biotechnology writing. Medical Writing. 2025;34(1):70-73. https://journal.emwa.org/rare-diseases/biotechnology/.