Book review
Review of "Animal Models in the Light of Evolution" by Niall Shanks, Ph.D., and C. Ray Greek, M.D
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Correspondence: Lewis Wolpert profwolpert@yahoo.com
Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College, London, UK
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2010, 5:12 doi:10.1186/1747-5341-5-12
Published: 17 August 2010Abstract
Animal Models in the Light of Evolution provides persuasive evidence that animal models should be used with great caution when applying the results to human diseases. Mice and other model animals are both similar and different, in their biology, to humans.