Animal advocates are no longer the only voice challenging animal experimentation on grounds of ethics and efficiency. While animal-based research and the 3R principle continue to be a dominant modality for scientific research\, a growing cohort of laboratory scientists have taken notice of the model&rsquo\;s poor results in contemporary times to advance knowledge about human disease or generate human-relevant drugs or treatment. Some have further questioned the mainstream scientific talking point that animal experimentation is a &ldquo\;necessary evil&rdquo\;. \;
Concerns scientists critical of animal experimentation typically cite are the inefficiencies of the antiquated animal-based models given the field&rsquo\;s actual evidence-based impacts\, the unnecessariness of animal models given new approach methodologies to replace them\, and the ongoing ethical implications for animals of part or all of a life spent as an involuntary research subject. In this talk\, Maneesha Deckha\, Professor and Lansdowne Chair at the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria\, \;demonstrates a different reason to further revitalize questioning of the ethical basis for contemporary animal-based research: its elitist nature in terms of the humans it stands to benefit and the interhuman global health inequities it exacerbates. \;
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