Alongside ethical arguments, criticism of the use of animal experiments in research is primarily focused on the fact that results cannot be adequately transferred to humans. Well-known examples of this are the medicine pantoprazole or the monoclonal antibody TGN1412.
Information on this subject is frequently an important component of proposals for animal free research projects and of the work conducted by animal protection committees.
The process of searching for publications on the differences between humans and animals is very time consuming, however. For this reason, we have compiled a selection of publications on this subject below.
Please select one of the following categories:
General criticism of animal experimentation
Regulation of protein expression
Further subjects:
Non-animal methods