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#AnimalResearch saves lives, yet opponents say that it is ineffective and even fails to protect #HumanHealth.
EARA examined the facts in this feature, which highlights the essential understanding & breakthroughs that only exist thanks to studying animals eara.eu/post/feature-a…
EARA examined the facts in this feature, which highlights the essential understanding & breakthroughs that only exist thanks to studying animals eara.eu/post/feature-a…
🧵 Here are some key points on the common mistruths about #AnimalResearch & its benefits:
1) 92% of drugs that work in preclinical tests fail in humans – This is a misleading statistic. #AnimalTesting ensures potentially harmful drugs are rejected so only those that are proven… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
1) 92% of drugs that work in preclinical tests fail in humans – This is a misleading statistic. #AnimalTesting ensures potentially harmful drugs are rejected so only those that are proven… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2) 89% of preclinical studies (mostly involving animals) couldn't be reproduced – Reproducibility affects all aspects of science & research, not just #AnimalResearch. Singling out animals as the main problem is inaccurate as lab practices are often to blame, while non-animal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
To *animal researchers*, a must-read on a sensitive topic rdcu.bs/cfsk6: statistical power of #animalresearch and of the number of animals used. A thread of why-do-I-like-this-paper or watch a 10-min video bit.ly/2M0EyNm @NatureNeuro go.nature.com/3dopwwl
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Red is bad, green is good. At best 12.5% of animal experiments are estimated to be sufficiently prospectively powered. ‘At best’ because the estimate is before any subsequent experimental bias, p-hacking/fishing, multiple testing… 
