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With respect to understanding diseases, discuss the importance of transgenic animal models

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Transgenic animals are being used: (a) As models for investigating various lines of treatment and their effect for diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer.s disease, cancer and cystic fibrosis. (b) To study role of genes in the development of diseases, and (c) To test vaccine safety before vaccines are used for human trials.
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