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UK Records Increase in Animal Testing

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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. experiments were performed on animals last year, a rise of 454,000 or 14% on the previous year, the Home Office said.

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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 — 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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