"There is no current, validated alternative that provides the realism, immediate feedback, and depth of training that the live animal model provides, " the spokeswoman adds.

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So far, says Chief Scientific Officer David Stirling , Revimid does not cause such birth defects in New Zealand rabbits--the only animal model in which the Thalomid problem shows up.

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Typically, these are motivated by a conspicuous success, a development program that was driven by the strength of beautiful molecular data, and the canonical example these days is PCSK9, a target which seems to feature an almost unprecedented alignment of human genetics, biomarker, and animal model data.

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Dr Ron Fouchier, from the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, said his team had introduced a number of genetic variations - around five - which had enabled the virus to pass between ferrets - the best animal model we have for testing whether the virus will infect humans.

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The director, Xavier Dolan, also co-stars as Francis, a young man who, with his best friend, Marie (Monia Chokri), hovers swoonfully around Nicolas (Niels Schneider), an impulsive, model-like party animal whose mop of golden curls hides the blithering emptiness of his gaze as he leads them on a merry chase of erotic desperation while basking in their adulation.

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It would probably not be a bad thing if we ate less meat, if the ratio of animal protein to vegetables changed along the lines of the Chinese model.

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But right after his observation period was up, before Weaver could retrieve the model, another car moved to the right to hit the animal as he stood less than 20 feet away.

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