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Southwest Primate Center "Celebrates" 10 Years

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Comuzzie, a nationally prominent obesity researcher and geneticist at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, recently induced metabolic syndrome β€” risk factors associated with the human epidemic of diabetes and heart disease β€” by making the baboons' high-fat diet tastier and adding a sweet drink flavored with high-fructose corn syrup.

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Investigation Demanded for Southwest Lab

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Stop Animal Exploitation Now! SAEN) is calling for an investigation of Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, TX. Tags: animal research primates Texas. Documents show discrepancies in reporting to two different regulatory agencies, suggesting fraud within the lab, SAEN claims.

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Humane Society Calls for Refuge for 9 Chimps

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β€œThe animals have not been and are not currently being accessed for biomedical research,” Rowell said." Tags: chimpanzees animal research humane society chimp haven new iberia research center primates. Interesting. Let's make this as clinical as possible. percent of our DNA.

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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research

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Here are the results of the EU flirtation with restricting research on primates. 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.

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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!

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Bill Richardson on Thursday the chimps will not be transferred to a San Antonio, Texas, facility until the National Academy of Sciences reviews policies on using chimpanzees in biomedical research. The NIH proposed sending them to Texas to be used in research aimed at finding a hepatitis C vaccine.