Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: Drawing closer to curing the organ transplant shortage, using dengue antibodies to minimize the effects of Zika virus and more!
Month: September 2017
Canada sees rise in animal research numbers in 2016
The Canadian Council on Animal Care is the national peer-review organization responsible for setting, maintaining, and overseeing the implementation of high standards for animal ethics and care in science throughout Canada. Yesterday it released the 2016 statistics describing the numbers and species of animals utilized in science. It shows that 4,308,921 animals were used in … Continue reading Canada sees rise in animal research numbers in 2016
Speaking of Research response to FDA announcement regarding nicotine research
For immediate release Speaking of Research response to FDA announcement regarding nicotine research Late on September 25, as reported by the Washington Post, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made the startling announcement that it has suspended a nicotine research project involving non-human primates; the goal of this research is to build a better … Continue reading Speaking of Research response to FDA announcement regarding nicotine research
Mice and the Mycobiome: How Animal Models Will Help Us Understand the Microbial World In Our Gut
Rebecca Drummond, PhD, is a post-doctoral scientist working at the National Institutes of Health, USA. Dr Drummond's research aims to understand why some people get fungal infections and others do not. To do this she must understand how the immune system prevents fungal infections and the risk factors that make an infection more likely. In … Continue reading Mice and the Mycobiome: How Animal Models Will Help Us Understand the Microbial World In Our Gut
Research Roundup: Mouse model of bipolar disorder shows promise, fighting cancer with Polio and more!
Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: Mouse model of bipolar disorder shows promise, fighting cancer with Polio and more!
Jane Goodall and White Coat Waste are wrong about nicotine addiction research
This open letter is from scientists and leaders in the addiction research community. If you'd like to join the signatories listed below, please do in comments at the bottom of this article. Please also share with others with an interest in research on addiction. Smoking – and nicotine addiction – are sometimes easy targets for … Continue reading Jane Goodall and White Coat Waste are wrong about nicotine addiction research
The Problem With Jane Goodall’s “Expert” Opinion
On September 7, 2017, Dr. Jane Goodall wrote a scathing letter to Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) denouncing what she called the “cruel and unnecessary nicotine addiction experiments on monkeys” occurring there. The letter, which relies on the repeated use of opinion versus fact-based arguments by Goodall, is … Continue reading The Problem With Jane Goodall’s “Expert” Opinion
The Fact Check: PETA vs. Christine Lattin
A systematic evaluation of PETA’s claims about Dr. Christine Lattin’s research highlights a lack of context, misrepresentation of her work, and – in some cases – statements that are just not factually accurate. Again, PETA demonstrates to the world why we should not take such claims at face value. PETA’s campaign against Dr. Christine Lattin, … Continue reading The Fact Check: PETA vs. Christine Lattin
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