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European Money Goes to Alternative Testing Research

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

We're not even talking drugs or medical treatment here, we're talking stupid cosmetics. A substantial fund of EUR50 million (US$74 million) is being offered to European research teams to develop alternatives to animal testing for cosmetics and related industries. It's disheartening. From the University World News.

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Is Medical Research on Animals REALLY the Only Way?

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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. There is more and more evidence that animal testing is NOT necessarily the best route to take.

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Profile of "Pro-Test"

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

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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Increase in Dutch Animal Testing

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Dutch researchers carried out 592,665 experiments on animals last year, a 2.5% The increase was largely due to new EU rules on chemical compounds, which have led to an increase in testing on rats, the inspectors said. More than half the experiments were carried out for academic research and one third of those were for medical research.

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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research

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JUNE 4, 2009

Here are the results of the EU flirtation with restricting research on primates. Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing. Nothing, nothing makes me angrier than animal researchers.

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UK Records Increase in Animal Testing

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JULY 26, 2009

The increase marks the greatest leap in animal use in medical research since 1986, when the government introduced new auditing procedures. Substantial numbers of animals are used to test the safety of new drugs before they are allowed to be used in human trials.

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PETA Protests Military's Testing on Pigs

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Tags: animal testing animal cruelty military pigs medical research PETA. And that's what I like about PETA and why I recently became a member for the first time. They are fast, organized, committed and they get attention.

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Animal Researchers' Emotional Blackmail

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Here's a succinct letter to the editor that summarizes the emotional blackmail propogated by animal researchers. The million dollar ad campaign by the Foundation for Biomedical Research (“Critical research,” Nov. Tags: animal research drug companies medical research. How stupid do they think we are?

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American Veterinary Medical Association Makes Despicable Decision

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JULY 11, 2009

An AVMA resolution was quietly killed this afternoon that would have revised its policy on use of random-source dogs and cats for research, testing and education. Tags: breeders animal research veterinarians animal shelters medical research avma. From Veterinary News.

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Cutting Duplicative Research Could Save Millions

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Just read an August update from an ALDF lawyer about medical research. But would researchers be willing to share their results? Tags: animal research. I was struck by this paragraph. That's a lot of saved lives. Doubtful if it means endangering their potential patents.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.1

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JUNE 12, 2010

This is a continuation of an earlier post about why I question animal testing. Oftentimes, scientists seem to think that they just need to waive their PhDs and research projects in everyone's faces and we should all shut up and bow our heads to their great wisdom. It is about the Bayh-Dole Act and it has really stuck with me.

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EU Establishes Website To Track Alternative Testing Methods

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MARCH 1, 2009

The EU is so far ahead of the US when it comes to developing alternative testing methods, it's embarrassing. It has gone so far as to establish a website for tracking the development of methods to replace, reduce, and refine current animal testing in EU nations. I need to study the site myself.

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Animal Researchers Promote Sob Stories

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

I don't support animal research and I have no sympathy for animal researchers. I would never advocate violence against a researcher. I almost quit a book club a year ago because one of the members is a proponent of medical research. She is a data tech for a clinical testing company (for profit by the way.)

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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research

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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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AVMA Reveals Itself As Apologist for Animal Research

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AUGUST 8, 2009

It should be no surprise that the American Veterinary Medical Association is an apologist. They have paying members that are part of the animal research industry itself. Cleverly, they also emphasize how many "animals" are saved by animal research. Wouldn't Fluffy die without all the benefits of animal testing?

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Puerto Rico Plans Huge Primate Breeding Facility to Supply Researchers

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JULY 12, 2009

In addition to troubling questions about its legality, such a facility would also place Puerto Rico behind the curve in the current context of scientific debate about laboratory research involving live animals. Tags: animal experimentation puerto rico animal research primates medical research.

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Malaysian Firm to Establish New Animal Testing Facility

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JULY 21, 2009

Tags: animal research pharmaceuticals primates medical research malaysia. Fortunately, there are Malaysian activists opposing it. But of course, the argument will be that the project is economic development, jobs and "for the good of humanity.".

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Poet Laureate of California Questions Animal Testing

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Tags: animal research medical research. Here's her piece in the Huffington Post.

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New Mexico Governor Opposes Chimp Transfer

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Bill Richardson is asking to tour a former medical research lab in southern New Mexico that houses more than 200 chimpanzees. The contract expires next year and Richardson opposes a plan by the agency to transfer the chimps from the Alamogordo Primate Facility, where they are no longer used for medical testing.

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Rumors Circulate over Cancellation of Anthrax Project

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Research supporters are going crazy over Oklahoma State University stopping anthrax testing on baboons. Tags: universities animal research primarily primates medical research. In addition to the threat of animal "extremists," they are also blaming T.

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Texas Tech Allowed to Withhold Info on Animal Testing

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JUNE 29, 2009

The Texas Attorney General ruled earlier this month that the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center can withhold records of a committee that oversees the use of animals in training and research. Tags: university research animal experimentation animal rescue medical research.

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Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research.Why Not Americans?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing. Tags: europe animal research drug companies medical research.

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Scientist Advocacy Group Oppose Some Animal Testing

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JANUARY 11, 2009

They do support some animal-based studies (which sucks); HOWEVER, they acknowledge that much animal research is useless. Remember animal research doesn't just create reports, it creates CAREERS as well.) Tags: animal research. I'll let them describe their positions in their own words.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

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JUNE 16, 2010

I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. I recently was escorted through a large primate research laboratory by its director. Tags: animal experimentation animal research. The following is from The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan.

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Question Everything.Including Scientists

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JULY 20, 2009

I occasionally read Scienceblog when there is mention of animal research issues. It's a site that, according to its own description, is half reader blogs and half press releases from research institutions. I'm not going into why I do not support animal research. Testing drugs on animal is unpleasant. Question everything.

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Two Examples of Mice Experiments - Valid or Not?

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

I came across these stories about two different medical experiments using mice. In this experiment, scientists tested whether lighting can cause depression. Aren't there better things to research? Whether intentionally or not, the title of the article catches the frivolity of the research."Don't One of the conclusions?

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Millions of Animals Used in EU Experiments

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MAY 15, 2009

Around 12 million animals are used each year in the European Union (EU) for research purposes. 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. From the Epoch Times. I really hope this passes.

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NASA Funds Radiation Experiments on Monkeys

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NOVEMBER 7, 2009

The research project, led by Jack Bergman of McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in Belmont, Mass., was one of 12 awarded radiobiology research grants through NASA's Human Research Program, the space agency announced October 27. Tags: animal experimentation NASA. Trips to Mars?

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University of Utah Cited by Dept. of Agriculture

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APRIL 23, 2010

Tags: animal research utah university of utah undercover investigation PETA.

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40 Ways to Help Lab Animals

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JUNE 5, 2009

There are many excellent books on issues related to animal research. Know Your Adversary Part of being an effective activist on animal research issues is knowing the arguments in support of animal research. Tags: animal experimentation animal research activism animal rights medical research.

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Animal Testing Debate Continues in New South Wales

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JULY 7, 2009

This particular animal research controversy is occurring in New South Wales (Australia). Welfare groups are calling for an urgent public debate on animal testing amid claims millions of creatures are being killed or maimed every year in Australia in the name of science. From the online Sydney Morning Herald.

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Always Question a Scientist

Critter News

JULY 25, 2009

This statement is mainly motivated by a recent conversation with someone who has a science degree (I think it's biology), but who actually works for a clinical testing company. She's always talking about Darwin and DNA testing.) This is one of the reasons why we are still on the losing end of the battle with animal researchers.

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European Money Goes to Alternative Testing Research

Is Medical Research on Animals REALLY the Only Way?

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Profile of "Pro-Test"

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Increase in Dutch Animal Testing

European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research

UK Records Increase in Animal Testing

PETA Protests Military's Testing on Pigs

Animal Researchers' Emotional Blackmail

American Veterinary Medical Association Makes Despicable Decision

Cutting Duplicative Research Could Save Millions

Why I Question Animal Testing 2.1

EU Establishes Website To Track Alternative Testing Methods

Animal Researchers Promote Sob Stories

Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research

AVMA Reveals Itself As Apologist for Animal Research

Puerto Rico Plans Huge Primate Breeding Facility to Supply Researchers

Malaysian Firm to Establish New Animal Testing Facility

Poet Laureate of California Questions Animal Testing

New Mexico Governor Opposes Chimp Transfer

Rumors Circulate over Cancellation of Anthrax Project

Texas Tech Allowed to Withhold Info on Animal Testing

Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research.Why Not Americans?

Scientist Advocacy Group Oppose Some Animal Testing

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Two Examples of Mice Experiments - Valid or Not?

Millions of Animals Used in EU Experiments

NASA Funds Radiation Experiments on Monkeys

University of Utah Cited by Dept. of Agriculture

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Animal Testing Debate Continues in New South Wales

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