The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded US$849,276 to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (MD, USA), as part of a total of US$4.25 million in funding to five universities to research the development and use of alternative test methods and strategies that reduce, refine and/or replace vertebrate animal testing. Furthering these efforts, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a memo titled, Directive to Prioritize Efforts to Reduce Animal Testing.

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美国环境保护署（EPA）已向位于美国巴尔的摩的约翰·霍普金斯大学（美国，马里兰州）授予849,276美元，这是对五所大学研究和开发替代测试方法与策略的总计425万美元资金的一部分减少，完善和/或替代脊椎动物的测试。为了进一步开展这些工作，EPA管理员安德鲁·惠勒（Andrew Wheeler）签署了题为“优先减少动物试验的指令”的备忘录。