Questionable logic: animal models and extrapolation to humans. : An article from: Manushi [HTML]

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This digital document is an article from Manushi, published by Manushi on December 15, 2002. The length of the article is 3158 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Questionable logic: animal models and extrapolation to humans.
Author: Amita Singh
Publication: Manushi (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 15, 2002
Publisher: Manushi
Page: 37(4)Distributed by Thompson Gale

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This article is likely to be the most controversial of all the pieces we are publishing. While no scientist worth his/her name is likely to defend incompetence in conducting animal experiments as pointed out in earlier pieces, the position taken by Sonya Ghosh and Amita Singh regarding the validity of animal experiments is not shared by many. Most scientists the world over still hold the position that while animal models for research have their limitations and have often been misused with a good deal of misrepresentation taking place with regard to experimental results, it is not yet established that animal use in experiments is never relevant or that the method has been firmly superseded as described by the author...


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