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Animal Free Research UK today lent its support to the Government’s review to end animal medical experiments in UK laboratories. Media reports over the weekend said Home Secretary Priti Patel has tasked officials to find ways to end the use of animals in the development of medicines. Jarrod Bailey, Animal Free Research UK’s Science Director, […]
Image by Image by อาทิตย์ สิงห์นาครอง from Pixabay Article by Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), July 12, 2021 NOTE: The whole blood pyrogen test was invented by Thomas Hartung 25 years ago—and its variant, based on cryo-preserved blood one year later—brought momentum into the field of pyrogen testing, which, despite the broad application of the Limulus […]
When? Saturday, July 24th, 2021, 10 am – 2 pm Where? 3215 MacDonald Corner of West 16th Ave & MacDonald Vancouver What? Join us for some serious bargain hunting! Housewares, china, art, books & more! Why? Proceeds to help get animals out of laboratories! “We are a Family” image by Twyla Francois
Image by Susanne Pälmer from Pixabay From Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: It’s horrible! Dogs are still being used and killed in painful, scientifically ineffective heart failure and hypertension experiments at Wayne State University. This has been going on for almost 30 years, and it is absolutely sickening. PCRM is ready to make 2021 the […]
Image by Joshua Choate from Pixabay Milestone of Progress for Alternatives The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has approved a new testing guideline to assess a chemical’s ability to cause an allergic reaction on the skin, without the use of animals. This is the first time that such an alternative approach to replace an animal test […]
Image by Angelique Johnson from Pixabay Medical testing on animals is morally wrong, according to 44% of Americans who responded to Gallup’s annual moral issues survey. That’s an increase of 18% since 2001 when the survey was first given. The survey also found that an overwhelming majority of Americans (63%) think that animal cloning is wrong. READ MORE » From […]
Image by Erwin Cox from Pixabay LONDON — How does a lobster feel when it’s dropped into the boiling pot? The British Parliament wants to know. Is an octopus sad, sometimes? Does the squid learn its lessons? The bee feel joy? The earthworm anxiety? The peers in the House of Lords are currently debating the matter. These questions […]
Image by Michael Strobel from Pixabay Until now, the Essential Surgical Skills Course, which is designed for rural family medicine physicians, subjected live pigs to a dozen invasive procedures. In January, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a Washington DC-based organization, approached the course directors at UBC, supplying them with detailed information on which simulators are appropriate for the […]