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West Virginia University to Build Animal Research Lab

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It will house rodents for use in experiments. And research for drug development, which means more MONEY and JOBS! Setting up experiments to try and develop new insights that would be even before the drug development phase. Tags: west virginia university animal research Obama tax dollars us.

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Humane Society Calls for Refuge for 9 Chimps

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Videos showed mistreatment of the lab animals. The Humane Society wants 9 chimps that are not being "used" as part of experiments to be released to a sanctuary. I just love the language used by the Research Center's spokesperson. {Dr. This is the same place that was nailed by a Humane Society undercover investigation.

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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research

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Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing. Nothing, nothing makes me angrier than animal researchers. Tags: europe animal research medical research.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans.