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authors: Pechanova, Olga
title: Why We Still Need Reliable Animal Models
date: 2020-12-14
journal: Pathophysiology
DOI: 10.3390/pathophysiology27010006
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doc_id: 936308
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Animal models are still an essential tool for identifying key molecular mechanisms and pathophysiological manifestations of different diseases, as well as for the analysis of the most effective intervention for the treatment and reduction of the consequences of pathophysiological conditions [...].

Pathophysiology 2020, 27 intervention can induce ARDS-like lung damage. The development of a rat model for monitoring the consequences of COVID-19 would bring new possibilities for monitoring drugs and substances that have the potential to treat COVID-19. Future studies are needed to standardize the relevant rat model of COVID-19 and protocols to allow comparisons of different drug candidate interventions.

We would like to invite all scientists and clinicians to send in their experimental and review articles devoted to the research of pathophysiological mechanisms of diseases, including COVID-19, on animal models to Pathophysiology [11] , the flagship journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology (ISP) [12] .

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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