New Focus on Replacing Animals in the Lab.

Holden, Constance

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New Focus on Replacing Animals in the Lab.

Holden, Constance

Science, v215 n4528 p35-38 Jan 1982

Reviews the pros and cons of using animals or alternatives in scientific research. Such alternatives (as indicated in congressional bill HR 556) include mathematical models, isolated organs, tissue and cell cultures, computer simulations, mechanical models, and "lower" organisms among others. (SK)

Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Biomedicine, College Science, Higher Education, Laboratory Animals, Medical Research, Science Education, Scientific Research

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