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Doctors Against Animal Experiments (DAAE; Ärzte gegen Tierversuche) is an animal rights organization based in Cologne, which campaigns for the complete abolition of animal testing under the motto "Medical progress is important - animal testing is the wrong way".
The Director-General must not give approval unless he or she is satisfied that the use of the non-human hominid in the research, testing, or teaching is in the best interests of the non-human hominid; or that the use of the non-human hominid in the research, testing, or teaching is in the interests of the species to which the non-human hominid ...
The test can detect antipsychotic-like activity both in the case of dopamine D 2 receptor antagonists and in the case of drugs lacking D 2 receptor antagonism. [1] [2] [6] The occupancy of the D 2 receptor by antagonists of this receptor required to inhibit the CAR is around 65 to 80%, which is similar to the occupancy at which therapeutic antipsychotic effects occur in humans with these drugs.
The AVC attracted local media attention in 2014 for protests against primate testing.The group launched an online petition against the use of taxpayer money for the UK Government funding of primate tests, signed by thousands of people, [2] and criticised Newcastle University's Institute of Neuroscience for conducting experiments on macaques, calling for the UK Government to stop funding the ...
The idea is to use non-animal, human-relevant methods, and to establish a timeline and list of milestones to be reached as animal testing is wound down. The EU Cosmetics Europe Edges Closer to ...
A 2013 amendment bans the use of live animal experiments in medical education. [13] In 2014 India became the first country in Asia to ban all testing of cosmetics on animals and the import of cosmetics tested on animals. [14] In 2013 India made it illegal to use captive dolphins for public entertainment. [15]
Fortrea primate-testing lab, Vienna, Virginia, 2004–05. Most of the NHPs used are one of three species of macaques, accounting for 79% of all primates used in research in the UK, and 63% of all federally funded research grants for projects using primates in the U.S. [25] Lesser numbers of marmosets, tamarins, spider monkeys, owl monkeys, vervet monkeys, squirrel monkeys, and baboons are used ...
Gillian Rose Langley (born 10 August 1952) [1] is a British scientist and writer who specialises in alternatives to animal testing and animal rights.She was, from 1981 until 2009, the science director of the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research, a medical research charity developing non-animal research techniques. [2]