The Home Office Statistics for 2007 - mutant mice and fishy tales.
The publication of the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2007 earlier this year, revealed once again that animal experimentation is on the up. This can mainly be attributed to the continuing use of genetically modified mice and an increased interest in investigations and tests involving fish. Here, some of the general trends are described, developments of interest are discussed, and the implications of the statistics are explored.
Hudson
Michelle
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FRAME, Nottingham, UK. michelle@frame.org.uk
D032761:Animal Experimentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D005399:Fishes; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D018675:Toxicity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom