Why Do Medical Researchers Use Mice?
Medical researchers rely on mice and rats for several reasons:
- Convenience: rodents are small, easily maintained, and easy to adapt to new environment. They also reproduce quickly with short lifespan (two to three years), so several generations of mice can be observed in a relatively short period of time.
- Economical: Mice and Rats are relatively inexpensive and can be bought in large quantities.
- Genetically Identical: Most of the mice and rats used in medical trials are inbred so that, they are almost identical genetically. This helps make the results of medical trials more uniform.
- Similarity to Human: Many symptoms of human conditions can be replicated in mice and rats.
- Convenience: rodents are small, easily maintained, and easy to adapt to new environment. They also reproduce quickly with short lifespan (two to three years), so several generations of mice can be observed in a relatively short period of time.
- Economical: Mice and Rats are relatively inexpensive and can be bought in large quantities.
- Genetically Identical: Most of the mice and rats used in medical trials are inbred so that, they are almost identical genetically. This helps make the results of medical trials more uniform.
- Similarity to Human: Many symptoms of human conditions can be replicated in mice and rats.
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