For a long time, animal rights groups have taken advantage of new social media tools that exist on the web. Their presence dominates and clouds the issue of animal research, meaning that individuals looking for information on animal research, find themselves faced "Vivisection kills", "Stop Torture". Pro-Test broke the mold by being the first group … Continue reading SR on YouTube!
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Vlasak: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
Jerry Vlasak is a high profile animal rights activist, and one of the three spokesmen for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office (ALPO), an organization which reports acts of violence and vandalism carried out by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and Animal Rights Militia (ARM). He was formerly a spokesman for Physicians Committee for … Continue reading Vlasak: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
Animal research behind the headlines
The BBC has reported on calls for the new blood-thinning drug Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate/BIBR 1048) to be used more widely in patients who are at risk of blood clots following surgery, a serious complication that kills 25,000 patients each year. This drug works be inhibiting the enzyme Thrombin, a key player in clot formation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7354818.stm … Continue reading Animal research behind the headlines
Speaking to the West Coast: A Review
I have now finished a five day speaking tour of research institutions on the West Coast. Here's what happened. Monday April 20th - I headed out to the University of Washington. My first engagement was a speaking slot on the Dave Ross radio show about the importance of research (Listen to the interview here). At … Continue reading Speaking to the West Coast: A Review
Washington State: Speaking to Students, Speaking of Research
Earlier today, I spoke on the Dave Ross show at 9:35am. Mp3s will be available on his website soon (listen here). We covered animal activism in the UK and USA, as well as the importance of animals in the development of modern medicine, and why scientists and students need to stand up for biomedical research. … Continue reading Washington State: Speaking to Students, Speaking of Research
Speaking of Research gains support on Facebook – Launches on Myspace
Speaking of Research Facebook group has reached 100 members. While not quite comparing with the dizzying heights of Pro-Test's Facebook group, at near 3,000 members (or indeed 200,000+ people proposing we panic buy carrots), it is still a decent start from which we hope to build on. So if you're life has not yet been … Continue reading Speaking of Research gains support on Facebook – Launches on Myspace
Avoiding the Side Effects of Radiotherapy
Radiation therapy has been a mainstay of cancer treatment for over a century, and in that time has saved the lives of countless patients, but at high doses can have serious side effects when it damages healthy tissue as well as killing cancer cells. A study published this week in the journal Science (1) describes … Continue reading Avoiding the Side Effects of Radiotherapy
Speaking (of Research) to the West Coast – University Tour!
During World Week for Animal In Labs (19th - 27th April), I will be travelling to Washington, Oregon and California to give talks to university students about the importance of animal research, and why students must stand up to defend it. I still have one or two days free (and I am prepared to give … Continue reading Speaking (of Research) to the West Coast – University Tour!
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