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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 cancers or other tissues are called xenograft models.
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Animals, usually mice, who have had their DNA (genes) manipulated so that the disease that mimics a human disorder is expressed. Animal models are valuable resources for studying the cause of disease signs and symptoms and in the development of treatment.
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animal with a spontaneous or experimentally induced disease, used to study the human disease or for pharmacolgical studies.
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A laboratory animal useful for medical research because it has specific characteristics that resemble a human disease or disorder. Scientists can create animal models, usually laboratory mice, by transferring new genes into them. [NHGRI]
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An animal sufficiently like humans in it anatomy, physiology, or response to an injury that is used in medical research in order to obtain information that can be extrapolated to human medicine.
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