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Sri Lanka Attempts to Establish Animal Research Guidelines

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Last Monday (January 18, 2010), this country reached a milestone with regard to animal research when a booklet on the ‘Guidelines for Ethics Review of Research Proposals Involving Animals in Sri Lanka’, was launched at a simple ceremony held at the Colombo Medical Faculty presided over by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Prof.

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European Money Goes to Alternative Testing Research

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The joint partnership between the European Commission and the European Cosmetics Association (Colipa) is calling on scientists to develop proposals for studies into new non-animal testing methods before a February 2010 deadline. Tags: europe animal research cosmetics medical research.

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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!

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This gives animal rights activists some time to prepare further defense of the animals. Good way to end 2010. The Alamagordo chimps will be allowed to remain in New Mexico for about two years while the NIH studies the issue of their transference. Here's the story as reported in NewsWest. ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP)