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Profile of "Pro-Test"

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Here's a scathing overview in Primate Freedom of the new organization "Pro-Test," an organization of animal researchers who want to advocate for their work. Tags: animal research medical ethics medical research. Long and impressive expose.

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Millions of Animals Used in EU Experiments

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This became clear from a report addressed at the European Parliament (EP) session on May 5–7, which seeks to vote on a directive concerning animal research. Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research.

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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research

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They're not necessarily questioning the ethics, but the efficacy. The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. Tags: animal experimentation medical research. This is an excellent article that appeared in the Boston Globe last week. We as a movement cannot compartamentalize.

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Puerto Rico Plans Huge Primate Breeding Facility to Supply Researchers

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In 2007, the National Academy of Sciences published a report calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to make a fundamental shift in its toxicity testing strategies away from testing on mammals and focusing increasingly on new, more accurate—not to mention, more ethical—in vitro toxicity testing.

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Our Strange Relationship with Animals

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Tags: ethics animal rights medical research.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

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She supports medical research on animals. One scene has the author entering the part of the hospital where the research animals are. This woman, who I now mentally call "THE VIVISECTOR," defended medical research. She is the "science" one and likes to call herself an "independent" on the political landscape.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

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I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. Tags: animal experimentation animal research. From what I recall, chimpanzees share at least 95 percent of human DNA, although the number that floats around the most is 98.6 The following is from The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan.

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