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Why animal research needs to improve

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Many of the studies that use animals to model human diseases are too small and too prone to bias to be trusted, says Malcolm Macleod.

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Malcolm Macleod is a clinical neuroscientist at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and a member of CAMARADES (Collaborative Approach to Meta Analysis and Review of Animal Data from Experimental Studies).

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Macleod, M. Why animal research needs to improve. Nature 477, 511 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/477511a

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