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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.
Here are ten titles (it could have been more) selected for their uniqueness, excellence in writing and research, and giftability. Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions.
I responded to a post on animalblog that cited a recent article in the journal "Proceedings" of the National Academy of Sciences. Here's my response on medical research in general. I recently had a discussion about medical research using animals. This story on HIV research is one example. Perhaps it was a necessary “evil.”
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.
Her letter to the Indian research facility is pretty distressing. Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. Sounds like she watched a harsh video.
One researchertested British school children to see if they could find their way home by driving them blindfolded, in a bus, out into the country and asking them to point their way home. The same researcher then did the same thing but with big magnets strapped to the children’s heads. Le-Qing Wu and J.
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So this new research is very interesting, and we applaud the scientists for their work. These researchers carried out two different major efforts that in combination advance our understanding of the evolution of the bird beak. Figuring that out would be a next step in this research, and will likely prove difficult.
Science 12 December 2014: 346 (6215), 1253293 [DOI:10.1126/science.1253293]. Research into bird origins provides a premier example of how paleontological and neontological data can interact to reveal the complexity of major innovations, to answer key evolutionary questions, and to lead to new research directions.
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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.
Drug and chemical companies say they endorse a Europe-wide initiative intended to eventually end the use of animals in research and safety testing. A report published by a panel of experts from industry, academic institutions and regulatory bodies supports an initiative aimed at finding alternatives to animal research.
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But I want to be able to argue about it intelligently, citing science, not just morals. Many times tests fail. And, in this day and age, do we really need to be stuck with this archaic and barbaric method of research? It's a horrible topic and I post news articles about the abuses from time to time. Or vice versa.
Bill Richardson on Thursday the chimps will not be transferred to a San Antonio, Texas, facility until the National Academy of Sciences reviews policies on using chimpanzees in biomedical research. The NIH proposed sending them to Texas to be used in research aimed at finding a hepatitis C vaccine.
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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. For sleuthing on animal experimentation, you will want to visit a library with good science holdings. Get FOIAed Up!
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Way back when I started what turned out to be my thesis research (on humans), it became important for me to learn about bird migration. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. That’s because the two are related. 2 PIERSMA, T.,
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That’s what we set out to find in our latest research study. In a simulation-based test scenario, the executives were told they were reading an email from an outside vendor sales rep they didn’t know and had never met with before. Executives in the known business initiative + ROI test condition were 9.5% still hold up?
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Science journalist Emily Anthes agrees that healthy buildings will become an effective recruiting tool for companies, just like swanky cafeterias serving free food and modern buildings set on open campuses were all the rage for high-tech companies that were growing and hiring in the last two decades. That is not necessarily the case.
It took inventory and tested the appeal of a wide range of both tangible and intangible rewards. Third, through conducting its internal research, it found that they weren’t going to please 100 percent of their employees with recognition efforts. Let’s return to the company who started with the misdirected recognition program.
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We’re always interested in what he’s up to and pleased that his research and our collective interest in cool birds can come together in such an opportune manner. Please read and then vote for either Nick or Maria’s research! Would you support research on birds with just a click on Facebook? Maria’s Project.
If we were just birders, or photographers, this would be dreadful behavior, but we were here to watch people engaged in Science. And Science requires Sacrifice. Sara, one of the researchers, explained that it was a newish bird. Do I sound facetious? I’m not.
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The best female strategy seems to be to mate with as many of the males as possible, as this means more help in feeding the chicks by all the potential fathers (I guess the fathers do not have easy access to paternity tests). With regard to their music taste, the research results were inconclusive. ” Full iteration!
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.
An organization called the Carolina Avian Research and Education states that “if you google the top ten most beautiful birds in the world, it [the Golden Pheasant ] always makes the list.” I guess in China, there is always money for research related to Giant Pandas. ” True or not? gallinarum ( source ).
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