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Negative data and positive controls
When I first came to my institution, I inherited a funded project. The project had foundered because no one had the time to work on it. In theory, I had all the resources I needed, the project just needed someone … Continue reading
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It’s not about ethics
My daughter has always been uncomfortable with the fact that my job includes experimenting on animals. Her main objection is that she is not sure that humans are worth saving. Recently she changed her mind, not about whether humans are … Continue reading
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Animals in Research, Part II
One of the papers referenced in the IASP curriculum is “Moral community and the responsibility of scientists” (Arthur Caplan, Acta Physiologia Scandinavia Suppl 1986, 128:(554)78-90). Here are my thoughts while reading this paper. Do animals have moral rights? This is … Continue reading
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Animals in Research, Part I
The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) published a curriculum which is basically like the table of contents of a textbook plus a lot of references. One can read all the references cited and should be able to … Continue reading
What separates man from beast?
I was reading National Geographic in a doctor’s office recently, an article about Jane Goodall. Her work rocked 1960’s scientists because she saw chimps using tools. At the time there were several criteria thought to separate humans from animals, and … Continue reading