MBS1002 Biomedical Approaches: what are the disadvantages of the use of animal models?

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what are the disadvantages of the use of animal models?

Mirte Schattorie · Accepted Answer

- high costs and time consuming.
- ethics.
- low translatability of findings in animals to humans.
- difficult to assess behavioral and cognitive tests in animals.

MBS1002 Biomedical Approaches

What are the disadvantages of the use of animal models?

- high costs and time consuming. - ethics. - low translatability of findings in animals to humans. - difficult to assess behavioral and cognitive tests in animals.

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