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A Trip to an Animal Lab

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In a brief tour of a particular biotech research company, I was taken to the animal lab. but did experiment on mice and guinea pigs. Then, heading out, I noticed three little knitted mice. It certainly doesn't fill me with confidence in these people's skills in compassion and humane care.

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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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