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More recently, inbred mice have been developed that contract a disease virtually identical to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, offering both the possibility of more specific chemotherapies and basic information about the biological causes of the disease.2 Mice and other laboratory animals have also been instrumental in the development of organ transplantation. By studying inbred mice with slightly different immune systems, researchers discovered that transplanted organs are rejected because of immunological reactions in the host.
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When the catheter encounters a narrowing of the arteries, whether congenital or caused by the buildup of cholesterol, a balloon surrounding the catheter is inflated, widening the vessel. Today, more than 200,000 people in the United States receive balloon angioplasty each year for the treatment of heart disease, and various catheterization techniques are saving the lives of an increasing number of children with congenital heart defects.
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Nearly half of the biomedical investigations carried out in the United States would not have been possible without laboratory animals. More than two-thirds of the research projects that have led to the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine directly involved animal experiments.6 Laboratory animals are an indispensable part of biomedical research, and their contributions to health, well-being, and increased understanding are unassailable.
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