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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.

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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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Two Examples of Mice Experiments - Valid or Not?

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Tags: animal experimentation medical ethics mice medical research. So, why put the animals through this if it's not even a reflective experiment. Sounds like they did it because they could and who cares if you destroy a few carcasses for the hell of it.

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Our Strange Relationship with Animals

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Tags: ethics animal rights medical research.

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Question Everything.Including Scientists

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Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical ethics medical research. Why are rapists and pedophiles given dignity and respect when animals, who are innocent, denied the same? It's all effed up to me. But at least I'm following bluegenes' advice and questioning everything.