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Nature 391, 733 (19 February 1998) | doi:10.1038/35716

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No animals allowed for European researchers

European life scientists conducting research on the space station may have to work with a severe handicap compared with their international colleagues: they may not be allowed to use laboratory animals.Although experiments organized through the European Space Agency (ESA) are paid for by individual member states, the agency itself administers the research programme.