Flatworms could replace mammals for some toxicology tests

Monday, June 29, 2015 - 17:30 in Biology & Nature

Laboratories that test chemicals for neurological toxicity could reduce their use of laboratory mice and rats by replacing these animal models with tiny aquatic flatworms known as freshwater planarians.

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