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November 16, 2011

Science

The Mouse Trap

How the medical research industry came to almost exclusively use rodents for testing—and the danger that reliance now poses to human health.

  1. Part I: The Dangers of Using One Animal to Study Every Disease

  2. Part II: A Tiny Alcoholic Takes Over the Lab

  3. Part III: Could a Hairless African Rodent Be Our Secret weapon in the War on Cancer?

Daniel Engber Slate Nov 2011 1h30min Permalink