Animal Research

WATCH: Is This Experiment Justifiable?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Laboratory Animals, Primate Research, Neuroscience, Video, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Brain, Humane Treatment of Animals, Talk Nerdy to Me, Tom Holder, Science, Cara Santa Maria, Animal Research, Monkeys, Science News

When it comes down to it, aren't we mostly debating an arbitrary line that's been drawn in the sand with what is and what isn't acceptable in animal research?

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Susan G. Komen's Other Gaffe

Ingrid Newkirk | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Animal Rights, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Animal Testing, Komen Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen Planned Parenthood, Komen Animal Testing, Animal Research, Green News

Komen does women a disservice by continuing to channel funds into animal tests, while other cancer charities have moved on from such old-fashioned abominations or never engaged in them to begin with.

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How Much Space Should Lab Animals Receive?

Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Laboratory Animals, Lab Animals, Video, Lab Rats, Animal Testing, Lab Mice, Animal Testing Regulations, Animal Research Laws, Animal Experiments, Research Animals, Laboratory Animals Regulations, Animal Testing Laws, Animal Research, Animals, Green News

From Russell McLendon and Mother Nature Network: Laboratory animals have done a lot for humanity over the years, helping us find treatments and cur...

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Like Chimp Research, More To Whaling Than Economics

| Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Primate Research, International Whaling Commission, Video, Chimps, Chimpanzee Research, Japan Whaling, Animal Research, Animals, Whales, Whaling, Chimpanzee Research Backlash, Green News

By Jennifer Jacquet (Click here for original article.) "Research on chimpanzees is contentious, expensive, and of increasingly limited necessity,"...

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Can Nanosensors Save Lab Animals?

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Chemistry, Nanosensor, Animal Cruelty, Lab Rat, Video, Lab Animals, Animal Experimentation, Biology, Biochemistry, Animal Research, Foundation for Biomedical Research, Science News

If rats could clap, they just might. That's because German scientists have developed a new technology they say could reduce the number of experiments ...

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WATCH: Chimp Research: The Beginning Of The End?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Video, Chimps, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Talk Nerdy to Me, Science, Carl Sagan, Institute of Medicine, Cara Santa Maria, Chimpanzees, Animal Research, Apes, Nih, Great Apes, Science News

Other than the West African nation of Gabon, we are the only country in the entire world that still experiments on chimps.

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PHOTOS: Animal Experiments You Won't Believe

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Nasa, Animal Abuse, Animal Experiments, Thomas Edison, Animal Research, Animal Science, Lsd, Cocaine, Science News

From caffeinated spiders to glow-in-the-dark beagles, animal experiments have taken a number of unusual forms. Some have been blatantly unethical, oth...

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Male Bias In Alzheimer's Research Ignores Estrogen's Effect On The Brain

Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Research Bias, Women of Baycrest, Dementia, Female Brain, Hilary Swank, Female Hormones, Health Post50, New Science of Aging, Alzheimer's, Animal Research, Alzheimer's Research, Video, Fifty News

“It’s time for scientists to better understand the female brain,” say the Women of Baycrest, a network of influential women who are leading a $5...

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UCLA Neuroscientist Receives Threat: "STOP YOUR SICK EXPERIMENTS OR HELL AWAITS YOU"

Posted 05.25.2011

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UCLA neuroscientist David Jentsch received a package laden with allegedly AIDS-contaminated razor blades and an antagonistic message from anti-animal ...

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New York Times Writers Speak up for Chickens, Chimps

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eggs, Research, Chimpanzee, Egg Recall, Factory Farms, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Cage Free Eggs, Salmonella, Animal Research, Nih, Industrial Agriculture, National Institutes of Health, Green News

Today, the New York Times covers two of the pitched debates in our society about animals -- the controversy over the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research and the industrial confinement of laying hens in cages for egg production.

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Replacing the "Guinea Pig:" Safer, Humane Chemical Tests

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Toxic Chemicals, Mice, Toxicology, Lab Animals, Guinea Pigs, Animal Testing, Environmental Defense Fund, Rats, Animal Research, Toxic Substances Control Act, Animal Protection, Chemical Testing, Green News

Animal tests are expensive and time consuming, and their relevance is often questioned by stakeholders on one side or the other, leading to disputes over which chemicals represent a real threat.

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Helping Vets, Pets, and Primates

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military, Pets, National Defense Authorization Act, Primates, Al Franken, Ed Whitfield, Service Dogs, Robert Byrd, Johnny Isakson, Animal Research, Ron Klein, Animals, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Defense Appropriations, Politics News

Congress took two steps in recent days on animal issues, as part of its larger bills related to the Department of Defense and military spending.

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