News on Animal Research

2009-06-08 Can Virtual Humans And Micro-lungs Bring The End Of Animal Research

Beyond Animal Research is supported by the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), in association with New Scientist. It is part of the Centres programme of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the concept of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement).

Cell biologist Dr BruB will showcase her efforts to develop micro-lungs that have the potential to replace the use of large numbers of animals in research. She believes that "developing intelligent cell growth scaffolds is the new era of cell culture. By recreating tissue environments, we will improve understanding of many aspects of cell behaviour including wound healing and responses to therapeutic drugs without the use of animal models. "

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Science fact meets science fiction as experts imagine a future without animal research and how we might get there - at this years Cheltenham Science Festival. The event**, organised by - Biology / Biochemistry news medical news health news medical headlines healthcare news health articles medicine articles welfare living

2009-06-06 Newswise Medical News Ginkgo Reduces Neuropathic Pain in Animal Studies

The International Anesthesia Research Society is a nonpolitical, not-for-profit medical society founded in 1922 to encourage, stimulate, and fund ongoing anesthesia-related research and projects that will enhance and advance the anesthesiology specialty. The IARS has a worldwide membership of 15,000 physicians, physician residents, and others with doctoral degrees, as well as health professionals in anesthesia-related practice. In additional to publishing the monthly scientific journal

An extract of ginkgo biloba shows scientific evidence of effectiveness against one common and hard-to-treat type of pain, according to animal data reported in the June issue of Anesthesia and Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).

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2009-06-05 Work hard at things you love to do"

Improving conditions for laboratory animals was not only important for the welfare of the animals but was equally important to ensure the validity of the research for which the animals were being used. In the early days of research conducted using animals, the husbandry of the animals was totally makeshift. The enclosures that held the animals varied from used shipping crates and glass jars to old horse stalls. The bedding used was far from sterile and often was contaminated with insects. There were minimal attempts at lighting and temperature control. In short, the conditions under which the research animals were kept often caused stress, illness, and death of the animals, leading to questionably valid research results, not to mention raising serious ethical issues.

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The year was 1904. St. Louis hosted the Worlds Fair. Construction began on the Panama Canal. Teddy Roosevelt was elected to his first full term as president. And the AVMAs eldest member, Dr. Nathan R. Brewer, was born.

2009-06-04 The Veteran ACES dean named interim provost at UI

Easter is also a professor of nutritional sciences and of animal sciences. His research has focused on amino-acid needs of lactating sows, the effect of post-weaning nutrition on growth and the use of agents in lean growth in pigs.

Easter, a Texas native, arrived in Illinois in 1976 as a professor of swine nutrition and management. From 1996 to 2001, he was the head of the department of animal sciences. He has served as dean of ACES since 2002, promoted to that job by Herman.

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2009-06-03 Watchdog seeks probe of leading U. S. labs

The animal research industry is just as unregulated as Wall Street was before the current economic crisis," said Michael A. Budkie, SAEN executive director. "If this system is not overhauled, the next meltdown will be in research laboratories. "

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rutgers and Duke. Other labs named in the complaint are Wake Forest, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Vanderbilt, University of Pittsburgh, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas, Brown University, Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, Salk Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, City College of New York, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Chicago and University of Washington.

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Twenty-six U. S. research labs were accused of fraud in a complaint filed Monday by an independent animal research watchdog. - Watchdog seeks probe leading labs independent animal research watchdog Smith Kettlewell Eye Research taxpayer-funded research grants United Press International animal research industry research

2009-06-02 Wiping Out The Worlds Mass Migrations: First Analysis Of The Effect Of Habit Changes On Migrating Grazers

To assess the impact of human activity on migrations throughout the world, Harris and his co-authors gathered information on all 24 species of large (over 20 kilograms) ungulates known for their mass migrations. Animals included in the study, for example, range over Arctic tundra (Caribou), Eurasian steppes and plateaus (Chiru and Saiga), North American plains (bison and elk), and African savannahs (zebra and wildebeests). The fewest number of mass-migrating species live in the Americas, and this is the location where the most data exists. Evaluating the human impact on migratory species in Africa and Eurasia is hampered by a lack of scientific data: in Africa - where most of the large-scale migrations remain - three species have no scientific publications on their status, and in Eurasia half of the six remaining migratory species

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Mass migrations of herbivores like pronghorn, zebra, and wildebeest are in a world-wide decline because of human changes to the landscape. - Nature; Extinction; Endangered Animals; Ecology; Rainforests; Exotic Species

2009-06-01 Animal hoarding issue needs attention Farm and Dairy - The Auction Guide and Rural Marketplace

The research and case follow-ups collected at Tufts Universitys Animal Hoarding Research Consortium back up LaFarges experience. According to their data, the recidivism rate is nearly 100 percent.

Because our legal system is not very effective in prosecuting hoarders, and many refuse mental health counseling, the best way to prevent animal suffering is for communities to play an active role in prevention.

Everyone has heard of the crazy cat lady, the older woman who lives alone and has more than the average number of feline friends roaming around. But just because a person has a lot of animals, does not necessarily make them a hoarder.

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It is estimated that at least 250,000 animals fall victim to animal hoarders each year, according to Tufts Universitys Animal Hoarding Research Consortium, a

2009-05-31 RNN RNN: Positve Animal Study of Zoraxel(TM) for Sexual Dysfunction

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The research carried out at the Department of Psychopharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, discovered that beta-lactamase inhibitor clavulanic acid, the primary compound in Rexahns Phase II drug candidate Zoraxel(TM), produced a remarkable increase in the sexual activity in rats, offering important insight for how Zoraxel may positively affect human sexual behavior.

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2009-05-30 Animal Diseases in Translational Research: Almanac, Vol. 55, No. 33

Speakers will include Penn Vet and rsquo;s Dr. Gustavo Aguirre (From gene discovery to treatment in canine models of human blindness); Dr. Steven Walkley, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (The Pathobiology of Lysosomal Disease in Large Animal Models); Dr. Francis Golder, Penn Vet (Phrenic motorneuron facilitation and potential translation to spinal cord injuries); Dr. Andrew Lackner, Tulane University (Non-human primate models of neuroAIDS); Dr. Thomas Parsons, Penn Vet (Temporal coding by the chick auditory nerve: Implications for human cochlear prostheses); Dr. Dennis D. Hickstein, Center for Cancer Research, NCI/NIH (Gene therapy for leukocyte adhesion deficiency - the road from Irish Setters to children); Dr. Dorothy Cimino Brown, Penn Vet (Translational potential of clinical trials in animal patient populations); Dr. Randall S.

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To honor its history, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine will celebrate the 125th Anniversary year with a research symposium on to focus attention on the Schools accomplishments and contributions to research on animal diseases in biomedicine.

2009-05-29 Beating heart machine expedites research and development of new surgical tools, techniques

Currently, most medical device prototypes designed for use in heart surgery are tested on live pigs, which have heart valves that are anatomically similar to human heart valves. However, these tests are both expensive and time-consuming, and involve a lengthy permission process to ensure that the use of live animals is necessary. So, researchers at NC State have developed a "dynamic heart system" a machine that pumps fluid through a pig heart so that it functions in a very realistic way. "Researchers can obtain pig hearts from a pork processing facility and use the system to test their prototypes or practice new surgical procedures," says Andrew Richards, a Ph. D. student in mechanical engineering at NC State who designed the heart machine.

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A new machine developed at North Carolina State University makes an animal heart pump much like a live heart after it has been removed from the animals body, allowing researchers to expedite the development of new tools and techniques for heart surgery. The machine saves researchers time and money by allowing them to test and refine their technologies in a realistic surgical environment, without