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Proof That Animal Testing Is Flawed
The following list provides links to some of our favourite research papers and other resources that will help you learn more about animal experimentation, the solutions and why the use of animals to try and predict the human response to drugs and disease is scientifically flawed.
Are animal models predictive for humans?

Keywords: Failure of the animal model; predictive value; human harm.

Authors: Niall Shanks, Ray Greek and Jean Greek
Published: 2009
Academic Paper
The Flaws and Human Harms of Animal Experimentation

Keywords: Failure of the animal model; predictive value; human harm.

Authors: Aysha Akhtar
Published: 2015
Academic Paper, Expert Opinion
The Strengths and Limits of Animal Models as Illustrated by the Discovery and Development of Antibacterials

Keywords: Failure of the animal model; complex systems; predictive value; evolution.

Authors: Ray Greek and Lawrence Hansen
Published: 2013
Academic Paper, Other Reviews
Human Stakeholders and the Use of Animals in Drug Development

Keywords: Drug development; financial cost; legal requirements; failure of the animal model; predictive value; FDA. 

Authors: Lisa Kramer and Ray Greek
Published: 2018
Academic Paper, Other Reviews
Questions regarding the predictive value of one evolved complex adaptive system for a second: Exemplified by the SOD1 mouse

Keywords: Failure of the animal model; complex systems; predictive value; evolution.

Authors: Ray Greek and Lawrence Hansen
Published: 2013
Academic Paper, Other Reviews

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The New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society (NZAVS) is Aotearoa's primary charity defending animals used in science.

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