Information and commentary on primate exploitation. What's being done, and where? By whom? Why are primates used in experiments and exploited in entertainment? What about endangered primates in the wild? How many monkeys are used and killed? What do primatologists think about these issues? Well, I can only tell you what one primatologist thinks -me. I'll also toss in some commentary on other science news, ethology and occasionally my favorite island.
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3Rs: replacement: British scientists eye breakthrough in labgrown liver |
British scientists eye breakthrough in labgrown liver
It's possible that lab-grown mini-livers could be used to replace some experiments now done in animals.
It is hoped mini-livers could be used to test drugs, reducing the need for animal experiments, help repair damaged livers and eventually produce entire organs for lifesaving transplants, the Daily Mail newspaper reported.
The organ, which is about the size of a thumbnail, was grown using stemcells in blood taken from umbilical cords
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`Nature' Eyes Sad Life of Captive Chimps |
For those who really want to see...
`Nature' Eyes Sad Life of Captive Chimps
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Ethics Rules Send NIH Scientists Packing |
Ethics Rules Send NIH Scientists Packing
What about the conflicts of interest that arise when people who accept government grants take money from private sources as well? Or maybe they own stock in the companies that manufacture the drugs and devices they test using government grants. Consider this example: Charles Nemeroff of Emory University. Chair of Psychiatry and Editor in Chief of Neuropsychopharmacology.
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Adults who go to bed lonely get stress hormone boost next morning |
Going to bed lonely and anxious doesn't just suck, it affects our physiology.
Imagine going to bed lonely in a stainless steel cage the size a bathroom stall every single day of your life. Imagine that those rest periods are interspersed with frightening and painful experiments. Imagine that all of this happens years after you were ripped from your mother and left to grow up alone with nothing but a rag doll to comfort you. Quite a bit worse than going to bed lonely, eh?
Dysregulated coreticosteroid levels and circadian cycles are frequently observed among social primates who are housed in isolation in vivisection labs. If we embrace bidirectional inference, as science would dictate we should, then might we deduce that loneliness is also a factor for the nonhuman primates?
Maternal deprivation has been correlated with these patterns before, but if the social trauma is ongoing it would seem that multiple factors would likely play a role.
Adults who go to bed lonely get stress hormone boost next morning
