Animal studies 'of limited use'
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Animal drug tests are often of poor quality and conflict with human trials, researchers warn.
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Aug. 26, 2004 -- You&#39;ve heard how people can shed pounds on those controversial but popular low-carb diets. So how do rodents, those treasured laboratory test animals used to predict human results, eat their way to less body fat and better health?
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The government is expected to announce new legislation this week to protect people who work in animal research.
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The European Food Safety Authority this morning said it has concluded that meat and milk from healthy cloned cattle and pigs is "very unlikely" to pose risks to consumers, opening the door to possible European sales of those controversial foods in the future.
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Pig embryos could provide sources of new organ and tissue transplants for people, and they may pose fewer risks than using material from adult animals, Israeli researchers reported on Monday.
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The American Medical Association is concerned, but says more research is needed before a definitive statement can be made.
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Scientific study of the secrets of "freeze-tolerant" animals may yield clues for improving human medicine.
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Life & style: Â· Focus on distance is too narrow, say researchersÂ· 'Only 2%' of impact due to transport from farm to shop
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Britain is considering whether to permit research using animal eggs to create human stem cells &#151; a process that tests the ethical boundaries of cutting-edge scientific research.
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Vital research into avian flu, environmental pollution and food safety could be cut to save money, say scientists.
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Making human-animal embryos for scientific experiments should be allowed because of the benefits to science and medicine, British experts said in a report released for Sunday.
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The UK government is taken to court over the fate of lab animals, as figures show another rise in animal tests.
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A new study by Italian researchers suggests that may be the case -- at least with laboratory animals. But, the scientists acknowledge, much more research is needed to prove whether proton pump inhibitors would
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Cloned animals may often be born deformed and die young but scientists, who have looked at every aspect of their biology to try to explain why, can find no evidence that it would be dangerous to eat them.
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With the EU set to enact a ban on animal testing for cosmetics in March 2009, companies are searching for tech alternatives. One team of researchers has developed a small glass chip that may provide a cheap, efficient replacement for some types of animal testing.
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Controls are needed to ensure genetic information for research is not used by outside parties, British warn experts.
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