Critter News

JUNE 18, 2009

million for an underground vivarium that will house University of Iowa animal research laboratories. The 35,000-square-foot facility would connect the Medical Education Research Facility and Carver Biomedical Research Building on the west side of campus. The Iowa Board of Regents approved $11.2 And they know it.

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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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Critter News

JUNE 4, 2009

Drug industry group EFPIA said the parliament had managed to balance the protection of animals, the reality of biomedical research, and the needs of patients. Nothing, nothing makes me angrier than animal researchers. Tags: europe animal research medical research. They have no qualms about what they do.

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Critter News

APRIL 13, 2009

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, “farm animals are regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) only when used in biomedical research, testing, teaching and exhibition. Farm animals used for food and fiber or for food and fiber research are not regulated under the AWA.”.Unlike

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Critter News

JANUARY 11, 2009

(Remember animal research doesn't just create reports, it creates CAREERS as well.) Tags: animal research. I'll let them describe their positions in their own words. Our primary concern is the advancement of investigative methodologies that lead to effective cures and treatments for human diseases.

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Animal Person

JUNE 2, 2009

Here's the final paragraph of the piece, which I'm sure you'll have some thoughts about: Pepper's journey in the summer of 1965 helped start a national media sensation and a broad panic over the theft of pets for biomedical research. Tags: Economics Ethics. Stay tuned. I look forward to the rest of the series.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

He writes, "The dog remained a vital tool in biomedical research for more than 300 years and was the vehicle for a remarkable run of medical breakthroughs.". Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington. If you want to tweet about it, use the hashtag #whpep.

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