Melanoma, γδ T Cells, and the Distorting Effects of Cost on Animal Model Studies (opens in new tab)

Programs of scientific research are ever short of funding, and this profoundly steers both the operation of these individual programs, as well as the standards for various fields of research that emerge via consensus and collaboration. Consider that the primary driving force behind most choices in the use of animal models of disease is the matter of reducing cost and time. Artificial models that turn out to have too little a connection to the real condition, or that mislead research in ways t...