Biomedical Research Humane Monkeys News 
Critter News
JULY 26, 2009
Bad news from the Guardian. The increase marks the greatest leap in animal use in medical research since 1986, when the government introduced new auditing procedures. Substantial numbers of animals are used to test the safety of new drugs before they are allowed to be used in human trials.
Critter News
OCTOBER 6, 2009
Comuzzie, a nationally prominent obesity researcher and geneticist at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, recently induced metabolic syndrome — risk factors associated with the human epidemic of diabetes and heart disease — by making the baboons' high-fat diet tastier and adding a sweet drink flavored with high-fructose corn syrup.
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