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Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2003;112(10):1456-1456. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI20394.
Abstract
Laboratory animals play a crucial role in biomedical research – indeed many advances now incorporated into human health care would have been impossible without them. Informed and well-trained scientists have the privilege, but not the automatic right, to use animals as experimental subjects. This privilege must not be abused.
Authors
Ushma Savla
Responsible Conduct in Animal Research
Submitter: Arieh Bomzon | bomzon@tx.technion.ac.il
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Technion - IIT, Haifa, Israel
Published November 17, 2003
Dear Dr. Savla:
"A small step in the protection of laboratory animals but a huge leap for the integrity of animal-based science and researchers"
Given that animal-based researchers still have the privilege of self- policing in the face of increased demands for public accountibility, I commend you and the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Investigation for the brave and pioneering step in issuing a retraction of a paper where the use of animals that had not been approved by the institutional animal care and use committee.
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