A Brief History of Animal Modeling

Overview

Journal Mo Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2013 Jul 9

PMID 23829102

Citations 97

Authors

Aaron C Ericsson

Marcus J Crim

Craig L Franklin

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Abstract

Comparative medicine is founded on the concept that other animal species share physiological, behavioral, or other characteristics with humans. Over 2,400 years ago it was recognized that by studying animals, we could learn much about ourselves. This technique has now developed to the point that animal models are employed in virtually all fields of biomedical research including, but not limited to, basic biology, immunology and infectious disease, oncology, and behavior.

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