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Preclinical Drug Testing Methods
New cancer drugs are tested in clinical trials. Preclinical testing happens before clinical trials.
What is involved in preclinical testing of drugs?
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- 1 Selects 'Testing the drugs on live tissues in a laboratory'.
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Dose selection belongs to clinical trials; preclinical testing comes earlier and uses biological laboratory models.