Critter News

APRIL 4, 2009

The NC3Rs brings together stakeholders in the 3Rs in academia, industry, government and animal welfare organisations to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas, and the translation of research findings into practice that will benefit both animals and science.

Research 100

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Critter News

JUNE 12, 2010

I read the following in a book about the pharmaceutical industry by Marcia Angell (the first woman to serve as the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine and currently a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Medical School) called The Truth about the Drug Companies. Tags: universities animal experimentation animal research.

Medical Research 100

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Critter News

JULY 25, 2009

It's a book about societal collapses resulting from poor decisions about the environment, resource-use, etc. Tags: animal experimentation medical ethics medical research science. This exchange was part of a larger group discussion about Collapse by Jared Diamond. I raised the point that science does not solve everything.

Science 100

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

This information includes research topics, funding amounts, types of animals used, and the number of years the project has been funded. A valuable new resource has recently entered the information superhighway. Tags: animal experimentation animal research activism animal rights medical research.

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Animal Medical Research Research 100

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

For Engber, who dispassionately describes procedures most of the time, the "advances" in the medical care of humans are all well worth what he and other vivisectionists do to dogs and other sentient nonhumans. Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology."

Animal Welfare 100

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