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: Sewage and birds, combating Crohn’s disease, mice in Alzheimer’s research and more!
Author: Paula Clifford
Research Roundup: 38th anniversary of smallpox eradication, the risks of third hand smoke, ear transplant for a soldier, 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: 38th anniversary of smallpox eradication, the risks of third hand smoke, ear transplant for a soldier, and more!
A fresh approach to animal rights activism…or is it?
White Coat Waste says it’s using unique new strategies to campaign against animal studies…our analysis suggests otherwise. Over the past few months, several news stories have focused on a relatively new animal rights organization, one that we have mentioned in previous posts. The group, called the White Coat Waste Project, has been portrayed as a … Continue reading A fresh approach to animal rights activism…or is it?
Congressional Neuroscience Caucus Briefing on the BRAIN Initiative Emphasizes Need for Animal Research
Zebrafish, rodents, and nonhuman primates have been instrumental in the technological developments emanating from the BRAIN Initiative, and will be critical in testing applications of new technologies for use in humans, say Directors of two NIH institutes Leaders from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) this past Monday presented exciting updates on the Brain Research … Continue reading Congressional Neuroscience Caucus Briefing on the BRAIN Initiative Emphasizes Need for Animal Research
Looking Back, Looking Forward – Welcoming in 2017
Major scientific awards in 2016 showed the important role of animal models. The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine celebrated Dr Yoshinori Ohsumi’s work on yeast and mice, which helped him uncover the “mechanisms of autophagy”. A few weeks earlier the Lasker Awards highlighted the work in numerous animal models including frogs, rabbits and primates, … Continue reading Looking Back, Looking Forward – Welcoming in 2017
Speaking of Research 