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- Title
Mousetraps and How to Avoid Them: The Convergence of Utilitarian and Scientific Cases for Limiting the Mouse Model in Biomedical research.
- Authors
Townley, Cynthia; Lidbury, Brett A.
- Abstract
The primary aim of biomedical research is to discover and develop new knowledge to advance human medicine. Frequently a 'mouse model' is taken to be a necessary step towards understanding a disease, biological mechanism or intervention. We argue for caution with respect to the mouse model: theoretical reasons, meta-analyses of empirical data, and viable alternatives all support a more restricted use of animals in laboratories than that which is presented in current practice. On its own terms, a utilitarian scientific justification for using animals in biomedical research converges more closely with welfarist claims than is usually recognised.
- Subjects
MOUSETRAPS; LABORATORY mice; MICE; MEDICAL research; UTILITARIANISM; META-analysis
- Publication
Between the Species: A Journal for the Study of Philosophy & Animals, 2012, Vol 15, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
1945-8487
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15368/bts.2012v15n1.6