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Which animal is currently being used to test the safety of vaccines before they are used on humans?
Which animal is currently being used to test the safety of vaccines before they are used on humans?
- Toxic substances
- Non-transgenic mice
- Monkeys
- Transgenic mice (correct)
What is the purpose of developing transgenic mice for vaccine safety testing?
What is the purpose of developing transgenic mice for vaccine safety testing?
- To study the effects of toxic substances
- To replace monkeys in testing vaccine safety (correct)
- To test the safety of drugs
- To obtain results in less time
What is the procedure for toxicity/safety testing of chemicals?
What is the procedure for toxicity/safety testing of chemicals?
- Studying the effects of toxic substances on non-transgenic animals
- Exposing transgenic animals to toxic substances (correct)
- Testing the safety of vaccines on monkeys
- Testing the toxicity of drugs on transgenic animals
