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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research

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This is an excellent article that appeared in the Boston Globe last week. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures. This is an important issue.

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Rats Taking Over from Mice in Labs

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Therefore, this Boston Globe article saddens me on both levels. Scientific advances over the last three years have now made it feasible to easily tinker with rat genes, creating the possibility of far better models of certain human diseases, and potentially shortening the time it takes to develop medications.

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