In this article, Justin Varholick, investigates the evidence on whether talcum powder can cause ovarian cancer. Over the years, several courts have ruled that talcum powder can cause ovarian cancer, while the scientific evidence suggests otherwise. In light of Ovarian Cancer Month, it is important to highlight how animal and human studies can improve our … Continue reading Does talcum powder cause ovarian cancer? Weighing up the human and animal studies
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Found in Translation: Using a Personal Tragedy to Drive Innovative Research
Kathryn Henley is a doctoral candidate at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She studies pain in animals, currently pigs, trying to understand the different and often subtle signs that animals may be in pain. In this post, she explains why her research is important – both to the development of good animal welfare and … Continue reading Found in Translation: Using a Personal Tragedy to Drive Innovative Research
Veteran speaks up for the importance of allowing canine research to continue at the VA Medical Center
On July 26, 2017, the House of Representatives passed an amendment (proposed by Rep. Brat) to a spending bill that would ban all medical research at the Department of Veterans Affairs that could cause pain to dogs. The spending bill itself has not yet passed, however if such a bill was to be passed with the … Continue reading Veteran speaks up for the importance of allowing canine research to continue at the VA Medical Center
Science Magazine discusses the transparency surrounding animal research
Last month, Science published an article entitled “A trans-Atlantic transparency gap on animal experiments” (online version: To woo public, Europe opens up on animal experiments, but U.S. less transparent”). The article, by Meredith Wadman, noted some of the ways in which US and UK organizations are trying to educate the public about animal experiments including … Continue reading Science Magazine discusses the transparency surrounding animal research
Research Roundup: Combatting Zika virus, Understanding the brain, reprogramming skin cells, 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: Combatting Zika virus, Understanding the brain, reprogramming skin cells, and more
American Psychological Association reaffirms support for animal research
The American Psychological Association (APA) represents its membership of 115,700 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students working across the many subfields of psychology. The APA works to advance the creation, communication, and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives. On August 2nd, 2017, the organization reaffirmed its support for the careful … Continue reading American Psychological Association reaffirms support for animal research
Research Roundup: Chimpanzees with Alzheimer’s, mice with autism, the shrinking bat genome 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: Chimpanzees with Alzheimer’s, mice with autism, the shrinking bat genome and more
Animal Research Statistics in Austria, Hungary and Slovenia
Speaking of Research try to keep on top of the latest statistics coming from governments around the world. This post will look at three countries which have recently published their 2016 statistics. All three are regulated by EU Directive 2010/63 which requires countries to produce national statistics on their animal use. Austria Hungary Slovenia Austria Austria reported 236,459 procedures on … Continue reading Animal Research Statistics in Austria, Hungary and Slovenia
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