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2020 PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. Saves Animals With New 3-D Lung Model

Funding from the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. contributed towards the creation of a first-of-its-kind 3D model of the deepest part of human lung. The model can be used to study the effects of inhaling different kinds of chemicals, nanomaterials, pathogens, and (e-)cigarette smoke, preventing tens of thousands of rats and mice from being confined to small tubes and forced to inhale them for hours, even repeatedly over several months, before being killed.

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— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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