Posted on November 30, 2008 by speakingofresearch
A bit of positive news from the UK which shows how big institutions and charities can publicly get behind animal research. The author Terry Pratchett, who is best known for writing the hugely inventive Discworld novels, has handed a petition to the Gordon Brown calling on the government to increase spending on research into the [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2008 by speakingofresearch
On November 26th, 2008, Speaking of Research have been invited to give a couple of presentations in Stockholm, Sweden. In the morning Tom Holder will be giving a presentation entitled “Stand up for Science” at the Swedish Research Council’s information day about animal research. Later in the afternoon (5 – 7pm) Holder will partake in [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2008 by speakingofresearch
Now for a guest entry by Pro-Test member, Bianca Summons: Many years of research have today culminated in what could arguably be deemed an historic medical event. Claudia Castillo, a Columbian woman aged 30 who now lives in Spain, has been pronounced ‘in excellent health’ five months after a significant tissue-engineering operation following irreparable damage [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2008 by speakingofresearch
In recent years the “hospital superbug” Clostridium difficile has gained notoriety as a major cause of illness and death among patients, and poses a particular danger to the elderly. C.diff is found naturally in the intestines of a minority of the human population and usually poses no threat, but when the bacterial population of [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2008 by speakingofresearch
Some news from Pro-Test in the UK. The Oxford Biomedical Facility is finally complete after five bumpy years. Despite violence, arson, threats, intimidation and harassment, Oxford University has pulled through with its new animal research facility. This lab is setting a new “Gold Standard” in animal welfare, one that will meet and exceed the standards [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2008 by speakingofresearch
There’s an interesting report in “Infection and Immunity” this week about the development of a safer and more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccine (1), something that is certainly needed as the rate of TB infection is rising in many countries. A major problem for the current TB vaccine, the BCG vaccine first developed in the 1920′s, [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2008 by speakingofresearch
Admittedly I didn’t see much of Maine to give a proper review, so you’re going to have to cope with just a report of my presentation at The Jackson Laboratories in Bar Harbour, Maine. The Jackson Laboratory has been associated with the work of 20 Nobel Prize winners since 1960, through its own research and [...]
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