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Allow Us To Explain - Animal Testing


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In today's episode, we met with Dr. Sally Thompson Iritani, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and a Professor at the University of Washington. Dr. Thompson and our Science Environment and Technology team lead discuss the benefits and limitations of animal testing in medical research.

 

Works Cited

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Doke, Sonali K, and Shashikant C Dhawale. “Alternatives to Animal Testing: A Review.” Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, July 2015, pp. 223–229, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2013.11.002. Accessed 20 June 2023.

“How We Use Animals: Animal Research at the ICR.” The Institute of Cancer Research: United Kingdom, www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/about-our-research/animal-research/animal-research-at-the-icr. Accessed 21 June 2023.

Keim, Brandon. “What Do We Owe Lab Animals?” The New York Times, 23 Jan. 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/science/what-do-we-owe-lab-animals.html. Accessed 20 June 2023.

“Why Animal Research?” Animal Research at Stanford, med.stanford.edu/animalresearch/why-animal-research.html. Accessed 21 June 2023.

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