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Scientific American January 2006	Saving Animals and People Use of animals in testing and in biomedical research continues to be necessary and is ethically preferable to experimenting on humans or forgoing cures that could save human lives, but the development and acceptance of animal substitutes deserve enthusiastic support.
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