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There is no replacement (yet) for animal models in medical research

Animal models remain central to understanding the complexity of biology and disease

(Transparent zebra fish in a laboratory tank at the Pasteur Institute in Paris.CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/animal-models-research-nih-biology-medical-breakthroughs-nobel-prize/

By Carole LaBonne May 19, 2025

LaBonne is president of the Society for Developmental Biology and the Erastus Otis Haven professor of molecular biosciences (and fellow frogger) at Northwestern University.

Last Updated: 2025-06-05