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Publication : How the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the necessity of animal research.

First Author  Genzel L Year  2020
Journal  Curr Biol Volume  30
Issue  18 Pages  R1014-R1018
PubMed ID  32961149 Mgi Jnum  J:309690
Mgi Id  MGI:6759439 Doi  10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.030
Citation  Genzel L, et al. (2020) How the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the necessity of animal research. Curr Biol 30(18):R1014-R1018
abstractText  Recently, a petition was offered to the European Commission calling for an immediate ban on animal testing. Although a Europe-wide moratorium on the use of animals in science is not yet possible, there has been a push by the non-scientifi c community and politicians for a rapid transition to animal-free innovations. Although there are benefi ts for both animal welfare and researchers, advances on alternative methods have not progressed enough to be able to replace animal research in the foreseeable future. This trend has led fi rst and foremost to a substantial increase in the administrative burden and hurdles required to make timely advances in research and treatments for human and animal diseases. The current COVID-19 pandemic clearly highlights how much we actually rely on animal research. COVID-19 affects several organs and systems, and the various animal-free alternatives currently available do not come close to this complexity. In this Essay, we therefore argue that the use of animals is essential for the advancement of human and veterinary health.
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