TY - JOUR KW - Animal Testing Alternatives KW - Animals KW - antibodies KW - Recombinant Proteins AU - Katherine Groff AU - David Allen AU - Warren Casey AU - Amy Clippinger AB - Antibodies are used in a range of research, diagnostic, and regulatory applications. Traditional methods for producing such reagents involve the immunization of animals, which introduces variability into the methods that use them and is not aligned with efforts to replace and reduce animal use. Experts from academia, biotechnology, government, and animal protection organizations met December 3, 2019, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, USA to discuss the status of development and use of animal-free recombinant antibodies and their potential to replace antibodies derived from animals. This paper summarizes the discussion and the actions that resulted to facilitate increased production and use of animal-free recombinant antibodies. BT - ALTEX DA - 2020 DO - 10.14573/altex.2001071 IS - 2 LA - eng N2 - Antibodies are used in a range of research, diagnostic, and regulatory applications. Traditional methods for producing such reagents involve the immunization of animals, which introduces variability into the methods that use them and is not aligned with efforts to replace and reduce animal use. Experts from academia, biotechnology, government, and animal protection organizations met December 3, 2019, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, USA to discuss the status of development and use of animal-free recombinant antibodies and their potential to replace antibodies derived from animals. This paper summarizes the discussion and the actions that resulted to facilitate increased production and use of animal-free recombinant antibodies. PY - 2020 SP - 309 EP - 311 T2 - ALTEX TI - Increasing the use of animal-free recombinant antibodies VL - 37 SN - 1868-8551 ER -