animal model
Laboratory test organism
An animal model is a non-human species used in research to study biological processes or diseases that affect humans.
Scientists choose animals whose physiology resembles human systems in relevant ways: Mice are the most common animal model for cancer research.
The term acknowledges that the animal represents—models—the human condition being studied, while recognizing the limitations of cross-species extrapolation.
- lab ratResearch experiment animal
- guinea pigSmall rodent, pet or test subject
- drug testingAnalysis for illicit substances
- humane treatmentKind consideration for welfare
- ethical debatesDisputes about right conduct
vaccine development · medical breakthrough · cancer research · surgical procedures · in vivo · tissue sampling · behavioral studies · public perception · zebrafish · fruit fly · phylogenetics · clinical trial · test subject · evolutionary adaptations
- research subjectssubject, participant, test subject, experimental subject, volunteer
- biomedical researchdrug testing, clinical trial, xenograft, vaccine trial, pharmacokinetics
animal modelcomputer simulation
Digital imitation of processes
mathematical model · digital twin · computer modeling · cell culture · organoid
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