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: Dietary sugar may prevent beneficial bacteria growth; e-bandage speeds up wound healing and more!
Month: December 2018
Nikos Logothetis is finally vindicated: German court dismisses animal welfare accusations against him
According to an article just published in Nature, the case against prominent neuroscientist Nikos Logothetis has been dismissed by a German court. To recap, in 2014 as reported (here, here, here, here), the campaign began with edited video footage from a member of the anti-animal research group SOKO who had infiltrated the facility by working … Continue reading Nikos Logothetis is finally vindicated: German court dismisses animal welfare accusations against him
Research Roundup: experimental HIV vaccine shows promise in macaques; an ultrasound treatment for dementia 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: experimental HIV vaccine shows promise in macaques; an ultrasound treatment for dementia and more!
‘Tis the Season…for a Golden Goose!
It’s that time of year again! It’s not just the Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or Boxing Day…it’s Golden Goose Award season! The Golden Goose Award is given annually to celebrate scientific success stories. Particularly, the awards demonstrate: The human and/or economic benefits of federally funded scientific research That scientific outcomes build upon each other That … Continue reading ‘Tis the Season…for a Golden Goose!
Research Roundup: MacArthur ”genius” relies on primates to crack the face code; transmissible Alzheimer’s disease theory gains traction 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: MacArthur ”genius” relies on primates to crack the face code; transmissible Alzheimer’s disease theory gains traction and more!
Research Roundup: Promising Zika vaccine, improvements to xenotransplants, royal jelly protein for pluripotency, 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: Promising Zika vaccine, improvements to xenotransplants, royal jelly protein for pluripotency, and more!
Animal research, animal rights, ballot initiatives: Past, present, future?
Among the US election outcomes November 6th was one that attracted little attention relative to the many significant and consequential competitions for local, state, and national legislative offices. Mount Horeb resolution concerning dog and cat research and testing In Mount Horeb, a small community in Wisconsin, ballots contained a binding resolution opposing breeding dogs for … Continue reading Animal research, animal rights, ballot initiatives: Past, present, future?
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