Not everyone agrees with animal research. Many people have an ethical or scientific position against it (though we would question the latter), and although they have the right to disagree we believe they should do so on an informed basis. That is one of the great merits of debating – it allows (if implemented properly) … Continue reading The Big Animal Research Debate: Supporting an Informed Decision
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Primates in Medical Research – Free Literature
The following post by Richard Scrase of UAR discusses a new free e-book (also available as pdf) which Understanding Animal Research (UAR) and Moshe Bushmitz has produced. It's well worth a download, so please share with friends. How do researchers work with primates? Which species do they use? What has research with primates revealed? How … Continue reading Primates in Medical Research – Free Literature
Learning From Locusts
Fifty years ago President Kennedy established the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: . . . We will look to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for a concentrated attack on the unsolved health problems of children and of mother-infant relationships. This legislation will encourage imaginative research into the complex … Continue reading Learning From Locusts
SYR: Animal Research and MS
This is the first post in the "Speaking of Your Research" series of posts. This post is by Dr Nicole Kerlero de Rosbo, who stood up in front of hundreds of people at the first Pro-Test Italia rally and explained why animal research would continue to be an important part of research in multiple sclerosis. … Continue reading SYR: Animal Research and MS
Pro-Test Italia Stand Strong for Research
At 3pm the organisers of Pro-Test Italia arrived outside the Italian parliament building in Rome. Banners were unfurled, and balloons were blown up in preparation of the many scientists and students who would be attending the second ever Pro-Test Italia demonstration. By 3.30pm, around 500 people had gathered to show their support for lifesaving animal … Continue reading Pro-Test Italia Stand Strong for Research
Speaking of Your Research…
In 2008, Speaking of Research was set up to urge more scientists, particularly in the US, to talk about the research they conducted. While advocacy groups have an important role in helping to educate the media, policy makers and general public on the role of animals in research, the most powerful voice on this issue … Continue reading Speaking of Your Research…
Why animal research is done humanely — Reason 1: Stressed Animals Yield Poor Data
When we are run down or stressed we often find ourselves more prone to getting coughs and colds. Stress changes us physiologically; it puts pressure on our autonomic nervous system, changing how drugs react inside of us. The same is true of animals. Writing in the Huffington Post, Aysha Akhtar notes that when you catch … Continue reading Why animal research is done humanely — Reason 1: Stressed Animals Yield Poor Data
Pictures Paint A Thousand Words
Pictures paint a thousand word, and Paint can put a thousand words onto a picture. This is what Understanding Animal Research (UAR) have been doing recently with a series of infographics. The first example is this wonderful Resume of Laboratory Mice, which notes their contribution to medical advances, including the Nobel Prizes won. UAR also … Continue reading Pictures Paint A Thousand Words
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