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Research Roundup: Death of a pioneer, 2017 Brain Prize, and unsubstantiated...
Welcome to the first in a series of weekly Research Roundups. These aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we...
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Research Roundup: March for Science, promising headway in stem cell...
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Animal Testing and Human Trials: Alternatives or Complements?
The Animal Justice Project, a British-based animal rights group, is no stranger to misinformation. Previously we have debunked their factual errors regarding malaria studies in Sweden and eye injury...
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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...
View ArticleIs the FDA undermining its own study and the experts it sent to review it?
The American Psychological Association has warned that the FDA may be winding down its own primate study, despite having started-- but not completed, nor made public-- an independent FDA review...
View ArticleResponse to FDA statement on termination of a primate nicotine research study
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that it terminated a study investigating the effects of nicotine in monkeys. This announcement, which was accompanied by the release of...
View ArticleFDA announcement regarding termination of primate study leaves many questions...
On Friday, January 26, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—the agency charged with protecting public health via oversight of food, drugs, and medical devices—issued a statement about its decision...
View ArticleAnimal Testing: Humane Research from a Human Perspective
It is not often that we publish student essays on Speaking of Research, however, when we received the following essay from Zaim Zibran, a junior at Walton High School in Georgia, US, we felt compelled...
View ArticleNumbers don’t tell the whole story: 2017 US Annual Report
Science magazine recently published a brief article with an eye-grabbing headline: “U.S. labs using a record number of monkeys.” The article has a colorful graph to match, showing the number of monkeys...
View ArticleAnimal research, animal rights, ballot initiatives: Past, present, future?
Among the US election outcomes November 6th was one that attracted little attention relative to the many significant and consequential competitions for local, state, and national legislative offices....
View ArticleUnderstanding US Annual Reports on Number of Animals in Research
Allyson J. Bennett & Alanna Brownell Psychology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison Nonhuman animals play an essential role in our understanding of systems that are key to health and...
View ArticleResearch Roundup: Death of a pioneer, 2017 Brain Prize, and unsubstantiated...
Welcome to the first in a series of weekly Research Roundups. These aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening with Campaigns and Legislation Aimed at US Animal Research
July 7, 2019 Recent campaigns targeting nonhuman animal research in the US have illustrated how strategies and groups that are old, new, and convergences of the two can affect science and the public...
View ArticleA roadmap for a public discussion of the ethics of animal research
July 19, 2019 Last week we wrote about US legislative and other efforts that address research with nonhuman animals, particularly that conducted by federal agencies. Together those efforts have...
View ArticleIntroducing: Evergreen Posts Series
Speaking of Research (SR) was founded in 2008. Over the last decade, we’ve published posts on a wide range of topics. SR’s committee and guest writers have written about basic research discoveries that...
View ArticleFollow the money, not the bunny: EPA Administrator follows PETA’s lead
Former coal-lobbyist (possible climate change denialist) EPA Administrator sides with PETA and changes test standards for potentially harmful chemicals that can affect humans, other animals, and the...
View ArticleNov 2019 Update: What’s happening with campaigns and legislation aimed at US...
We wrote about the legislative efforts and campaigns targeting nonhuman animal research in the US earlier this year. There, we took a broad look at some current campaigns, discussed mechanisms for...
View Article#AskScientists: Small US city bans research animal breeding, why?
Short read summary: Local news reported yesterday that the council of a small Wisconsin city voted in favor of an ordinance that would “ban dog and cat experimental breeding in Richland Center and...
View ArticleStrategy by the numbers: How to ban dog research and testing in the US and...
January 21, 2020 The council of Richland Center, a small US city in Wisconsin, recently voted in favor of an ordinance thought to be the first in the country to ban breeding and possession of dogs and...
View ArticleStatement in Support of the Global Research Community’s Efforts to End the...
April 22nd 2020 The following joint statement is the result of a collaboration between several research advocacy organizations - including Speaking of Research - along with individual biomedical...
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