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All (animal) models (of neurodegeneration) are wrong. Are they also useful? | Synapse

November 20, 2018Open Access

All (animal) models (of neurodegeneration) are wrong. Are they also useful?

RRRichard M. RansohoffNorthwestern University

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Richard M. Ransohoff, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Third Rock Ventures and Visiting Scientist at Harvard Medical School, provides his personal opinion on using animal models to address current challenges and opportunities in drug development for neurodegeneration.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69ff4d6a2ff633f36577760b https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20182042

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