Research with animals:
For those who have been following the activities of "animal rights" activists, including their attacks of the homes of researchers -- and the reticence of the public in the face of such violent attacks -- a recent Commentary in Biological...
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Posted on March 26, 2008 4:52 PM • 28 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
You've probably heard that UCLA scientist Edythe London, whose house was earlier vandalized to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars by animal rights activists, has once again been targeted. This time an incendiary device was left on her...
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Posted on February 14, 2008 7:19 PM • 34 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Likely, the throbbing mass of humanity at my university knows at least a little more than it did before last week, owing to an article in the student newspaper about the institutional animal care and use committee. (It was a...
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Posted on November 20, 2007 1:54 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
People with concerns about the use of animals in biomedical research should also be concerned about the actions of the Animal Liberation Front and other "animal rights" groups -- at least if they want other people to take their concerns...
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Posted on November 2, 2007 2:25 PM • 36 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Lately it's struck me that when I post on the issue of research with animals, many of the comments I get on those posts see the issue as a black and white one. Mind you, these commenters don't always agree...
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Posted on August 27, 2007 6:03 PM • 35 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The other day I received a DVD made by Americans for Medical Progress called Physicians - Speaking for Research. (They indicate on their site that the DVDs are free for the asking.) This is a DVD aimed at physicians,...
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Posted on August 24, 2007 6:34 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As a quick follow-up to yesterday's post about the suit filed against UCSF, I thought I'd point out some resources relevant to the federal regulations (in the U.S.) governing the use of animals in scientific research. These are the regulations...
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Posted on August 1, 2007 12:46 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Today a number of doctors affiliated with the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) filed suit against the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) alleging that state funds are paying for research that violates the Animal Welfare Act. Among...
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Posted on July 31, 2007 8:58 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Is there a good way to determine the effects of substances that are ubiquitous in our environment?
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Posted on July 18, 2007 6:28 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Planting incendiary devices, whether under vehicles or on doorsteps, even if you think the people you're targeting are doing something very, very bad....
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Posted on July 3, 2007 12:26 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How much information should scientists share with the public, and what's going on when they gloss over some of the details of how the knowledge is made?
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Posted on June 30, 2007 11:50 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I was reading the comments on Dr. B's brief query on ethical lines in response to a horrific story about the feeding of a live puppy to a large snake for the "entertainment" of teenagers, and I could not help...
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Posted on June 16, 2007 11:52 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
On this blog I occasionally note a major motion picture that is (tangentially) related to ethics in science, not to mention seeking your advice on my movie-viewing decisions (the votes are running 2 to 1 in favor of my watching...
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Posted on June 9, 2007 3:12 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
There's been some blogospheric blowout (see here, here, and here for just a taste) about a recent PETA ad that many viewers find gratuitously sexist. To me, the ad and the reaction to it are most interesting because they raise...
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Posted on January 30, 2007 1:16 PM • 39 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I'd like to take a moment to consider a recent comment on a fairly old post about a class meeting wherein my students and I considered some of the inconsistent views about animals with which people seem to walk around....
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Posted on December 7, 2006 11:58 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I am, as usual, late to the party reacting to the news that UCLA neurobiologist Dario Ringach has given up research on primates owing to "pressure put on him, his neighborhood, and his family by the UCLA Primate Freedom Project"....
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Posted on September 5, 2006 1:22 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an assistant professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
