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[Minipigs as an object for medico-biological research]
Uspekhi Fiziologicheskikh Nauk
|June 9, 2006
Abstract:
The review considers the history of selection of minipigs convenient for maintenance in scientific laboratories. It is shown that minipigs are suitable for studies of wide range of problems and there are perspectives of their use for xenotransplantation. Problems of bioethics in connection with the appearance of new biomedical technologies are discussed.
