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Animal testing

Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals, as model organisms, in experiments that seek answers to scientific and medical questions. This approach can be contrasted with field studies in which animals are observed in their natural environments or habitats. Experimental…

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Animal testing

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related to history · 28
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related to Applied research · 24
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related to Activism · 18
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related to Numbers · 16
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related to Pure research · 16
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related to Invertebrates · 12
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related to Other species · 12
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related to Ethics · 11
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Animal testingcausespain and suffering0.90text
Animal testingis aGuide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals0.90text
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and has played significant roles in fields such as neuroscienceinstance ofIt has contributed to most of the basic knowledge in fields0.80text
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halothane were also developed through studies on model organismsinstance ofModern general anaesthetics0.80text
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Alzheimer's diseaseinstance ofand is used with the aim of solving medical problems0.80text
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