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‘Artificial Micro Humans’ To Be ‘Farmed’ For Drug Testing By 2017

In response to the torture and subsequent death of millions of animals every year, a supposed friendlier substitute, artificially engineered ‘micro humans,’ have begun their eventual descent into chemical testing farms, reports the Times of India.

In fact, early versions of these micro-humans containing a gut, heart, lung, liver and kidney are already being used to test cosmetics, drugs and other chemicals that are conventionally tested on animals.

The micro-humans are being designed to simulate the response of humans to substances inhaled, absorbed through the gut, or entering the bloodstream. ‘Farms’ that would contain hundreds of these micro-human machines are now in the works, and could be replacing animal testing farms within three years.

If the micro-human farms are approved by regulators, most animal testing farms would be shut down worldwide, said Uwe Marx, an engineer from Technische Universitat Berlin and founder of TissUse, a firm developing the technology. Artificially engineered micro humans for chemical testing would save the lives of over 90 million animals each year.
Genetically engineered micro human for chemical testing would save the lives of over 90 million animals each year.

Artificial micro humans for chemical testing would save the lives of over 90 million animals each year.

The apparent issue with animal testing is that 1) it’s claiming the lives of tens of millions of animals each year, and 2) chemical testing on animals doesn’t always provide accurate enough data to determine product safety for humans.