animal models
Research creature proxies
Animal models are non-human organisms used in scientific research to study biological processes, diseases, or treatments that may apply to humans or other species.
Mice, rats, and fruit flies are common animal models because their genetics and physiology share features with humans.
Researchers tested the drug in animal models before clinical trials.
The term acknowledges that these organisms serve as approximations—models—of the systems scientists ultimately want to understand.
- ratRodent or informer
- lab ratResearch experiment animal
- zebrafishStriped lab model organism
- mouseSmall gnawing mammal
- dogDomesticated barking mammal
cancer research · monkey · vivisection · ethical concerns · fruit fly · pharmacokinetics · behavioral studies · in vivo · guinea pig · Drosophila · homology · pig · xenograft · drug development · sheep · preclinical · subjects · genetic engineering
- natural history museumsdioramas, taxidermy, specimens, exhibits, displays
- drug developmentdrug discovery, drug development, drug screening, drug delivery, FDA approval
- drug researchdrug discovery, drug testing, drug screening, drug approval, clinical trials
- surgical trainingsurgical residency, simulation training, cadaver lab, suturing, knot tying
- brain sciencebrain scan, brain research, brain map, brain imaging, brain chemistry
- neurodevelopmentneural tube, neurogenesis, neuroblast, neuroblasts, neural tube defects
animal modelshuman subjects
People in experiments
human trials · clinical studies · clinical trials · case studies
animal modelscell culture
Laboratory technique for growing tissue
tissue culture · cell lines · mathematical models · computer simulations · organoids
animal modelsin vitro testing
Experiments in controlled environments
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