Whole Animal Experiments Should Be More Like Human Randomized Controlled Trials

Beverly S. Muhlhausler; Frank H. Bloomfield; Matthew W. Gillman

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001481

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Whole Animal Experiments Should Be More Like Human Randomized Controlled Trials

Beverly S. Muhlhausler ,

* E-mail: Beverly.Muhlhausler@adelaide.edu.au

Affiliation FOODplus Research Centre, School of Agriculture Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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Frank H. Bloomfield,

Affiliations Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Gravida, National Centre for Growth and Development, New Zealand
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Matthew W. Gillman

Affiliations Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Whole Animal Experiments Should Be More Like Human Randomized Controlled Trials

Beverly S. Muhlhausler,
Frank H. Bloomfield,
Matthew W. Gillman

Published: February 12, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001481

About the Authors

Beverly S. Muhlhausler

* E-mail: Beverly.Muhlhausler@adelaide.edu.au

Affiliation FOODplus Research Centre, School of Agriculture Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Frank H. Bloomfield

Affiliations Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Gravida, National Centre for Growth and Development, New Zealand

Matthew W. Gillman

Affiliations Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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