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
Research institutions have a moral responsibility to defend their research programs and scientists
Every university, research institute, company, funder, and benefactor of scientific research that depends on animal studies: plays a role in public communication about animal research; has a responsibility for provision of responsive, accessible, and useful information about the work, its justification, conduct, oversight; and has a moral obligation to defend its science and scientists against … Continue reading Research institutions have a moral responsibility to defend their research programs and scientists
Research Roundup: New drug effective in treating malaria, HPV vaccine pioneers recipients of Lasker award 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: New drug effective in treating malaria, HPV vaccine pioneers recipients of Lasker award and more!
Research Roundup: Zika virus used to treat brain cancer, improving bladder function after spinal cord injury 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: Zika virus used to treat brain cancer, improving bladder function after spinal cord injury and more!
Say NO to the harassment of Christine Lattin by PETA activists
Please leave a comment of support at the bottom of this article for Christine, and please share with your colleagues to raise awareness of the vile and irresponsible tactics of PETA in their targeting of a young researcher at Yale University. What would someone need to do to deserve threats online, protests at their place … Continue reading Say NO to the harassment of Christine Lattin by PETA activists
Speaking of Research 