Archive by category | Animal experiments Newer entriesOlder entries 10 Feb 2009 | 07:54 GMT The US needs a stronger position on live-animal research Posted by Maxine Clarke | Categories: Animal experiments One of the Editorials in last week’s issue of

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Archive by category | Animal experiments Newer entriesOlder entries 10 Feb 2009 | 07:54 GMT The US needs a stronger position on live-animal research Posted by Maxine Clarke | Categories: Animal experiments One of the Editorials in last week’s issue of Nature (457, 636; 2009, free to access online) calls for vigorous pursuit and prosecution of “activists” who break the law, often violently, in their personal stances against the use of animals in experimental research. According to the Editorial, “US federal, state and university authorities need to go beyond enforcement and take an unequivocal, public stand that emphasizes the importance of animal research for drug testing and basic science — as did former UK prime minister Tony Blair. It would be especially helpful if President Barack Obama were to make such a statement.” … Read more add a comment Email Share/bookmark 16 Oct 2008 | 11:44 BST Direct control of paralysed muscles by cortical neurons Posted by Maxine Clarke | Categories: Animal experiments, Author benefits, Author services The activation of a single neuron in the brain may be enough to help restore muscle activity in the arms of paralysed patients with spinal cord injuries. Chet T. Moritz, Steve I. Perlmutter and Eberhard E. Fetz report their research in Nature (doi:10.1038/nature07418) showing that a potential treatment for paralysis resulting from spinal cord injury is to route control signals from the brain around the injury by artificial connections. These results are the first demonstration that direct artificial connections between cortical cells and muscles can compensate for interrupted physiological pathways and restore volitional control of movement to paralysed limbs. Read more add a comment Email Share/bookmark 09 Sep 2008 | 08:00 BST Paradox of model organisms in biology Posted by Maxine Clarke | Categories: Animal experiments, Ethics The use of model organisms in research will continue despite their shortcomings, writes Philip Hunter in the September issue of EMBO Reports (9, 717-720; 2008). From his article: … Read more add a comment Email Share/bookmark 14 May 2008 | 07:53 BST Decline of animal laboratories in medical schools Posted by Maxine Clarke | Categories: Animal experiments Doctors used to try out their surgical skills on animals before being allowed to work on patients. Now just a handful of US medical schools still have animal labs. A Nature News report (453, 140-141; 8 May 2008) asks if they’ve lost a vital tool.



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