Animal Models in Cancer Research and Human Disease: Applications, Outcomes and Controversies (Microbiology Research Advances)

This book discusses the applications, outcomes and controversies of using animal models in cancer research and human disease. Topics include murine models of sporadic and inflammation-related colon carcinogenesis with particular focus on the AOM/DSS chemically induced colorectal cancer model; large animal models of human cardiovascular disease; developments of cell therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease using animal models; the techniques and limitations of murine models of human colorectal cancer; animal models for antineoplastic chemotherapy-induced alopecia; and development of columnar-lined esophagus with or without goblet cells in rate duodengastroesophageal reflux models through gut regenerative cell lineage (GRCL).