animal model disease

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• animal model — n an animal sufficiently like humans in its anatomy, physiology, or response to a pathogen to be used in medical research in order to obtain results that can be extrapolated to human medicine also a pathological or physiological condition that… …   Medical dictionary

• Animal model — An animal model is a living, non human animal used during the research and investigation of human disease, for the purpose of better understanding the disease without the added risk of causing harm to an actual human being during the process. The …   Wikipedia

• animal model — An animal with a disease either the same as or like a disease in humans. Animal models are used to study the development and progression of diseases and to test new treatments before they are given to humans. Animals with transplanted human… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Animal testing — A white Wistar lab rat Description Around 50–100 million vertebrate animals are used in experiments annually. Subjects Animal testing, scien …   Wikipedia

• Animal psychopathology — is the study of mental or behavioral disorders in non human animals.Historically, there has been an anthropocentric tendency to emphasize the study of animal psychopathologies as models for human mental illnesses [Owen, J. B., Treasure, J.L.… …   Wikipedia

• Animal models of ischemic stroke — are procedures inducing cerebral ischemia. The aim is the study of basic processes or potential therapeutic interventions in this disease, and the extension of the pathophysiological knowledge on and/or the improvement of medical treatment of… …   Wikipedia

• Animal models of stroke — are procedures undertaken in animals (including non human primates) intending to provoke pathophysiological states that are similar to those of human stroke to study basic processes or potential therapeutic interventions in this disease. Aim is… …   Wikipedia

• Animal testing on non-human primates — Image taken inside Covance Experiments involving non human primates (NHPs) include toxicity testing for medical and non medical substances; studies of infectious disease, such as HIV and hepatitis; neurological studies; behavior and cognition;… …   Wikipedia

• animal breeding — Introduction  controlled propagation of domestic animals in order to improve desirable qualities. Humanity has been modifying domesticated animals to better suit human needs for centuries. Selective breeding involves using knowledge from several… …   Universalium

• Model organism — Escherichia coli is a gram negative prokaryotic model organism …   Wikipedia

• Animal testing on rodents — Main article: Animal testing Animal testing Main articles Ani …   Wikipedia