Critter News

MARCH 10, 2009

Here's my response on medical research in general. I recently had a discussion about medical research using animals. There is more and more evidence that animal testing is NOT necessarily the best route to take. This story on HIV research is one example. Perhaps it was a necessary “evil.”

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

The "brave" animal researchers are taking their argument to the public and bypassing animal right activists. Here's an example. a billboard funded by the Foundation for Biomedical Research. Thanks to animal research, you won't." Let's discuss the research. Let's discuss the research.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

I came across these stories about two different medical experiments using mice. Aren't there better things to research? Whether intentionally or not, the title of the article catches the frivolity of the research."Don't So, why put the animals through this if it's not even a reflective experiment. One of the conclusions?

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APRIL 4, 2009

The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures.

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