Support OneGreenPlanet Being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high quality content. Please support us! Support Us Scientists in Germany have found a way to cut out animal testing in breast cancer research. The test was developed at the German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R) and it tests the effects of hormones on cultured human cells. Microscopy and artificial intelligence are used in the so-called “E-Morph” test that identifies substances with estrogen-like or opposite effects, according to research published by the team in “Environment International.” Advertisement “E-Morph is a milestone on the way to, one day, replacing animal experiments currently required to detect hormone-like effects,” says BfR President Prof. Dr. Andreas Hensel.