Use of animals for testing early in the drug-development process aims to provide vital information to make new drugs safe and effective — and the process is being constantly refined. Hannah Hoag finds out what is involved.
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Hannah Hoag is a freelance writer based in Montreal, Canada.
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Hoag, H. Animal intelligence. Nature 441, 544–545 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7092-544a
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