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  1. Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich, Switzerland

    Nikola Biller-Andorno

  2. Messerli Research Institute,

    Herwig Grimm

  3. Veterinary University Vienna, Austria

    Herwig Grimm & Rebecca L Walker

  4. Medical University Vienna, Austria

    Herwig Grimm

  5. University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Herwig Grimm

  6. Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Rebecca L Walker

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Biller-Andorno, N., Grimm, H. & Walker, R. Professionalism and ethics in animal research. Nat Biotechnol 33, 1027–1028 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3363

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