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Animal Testing
Animal testing includes logical testing and experimentation during which creatures are utilized to test a wide assortment of synthetic compounds and items to perceive what sorts of likely proposed impacts and results those items may have on people. That is the start of the meaning of creature testing from a human viewpoint.
FEB 04, 2016 | 6:00 AM
A number of elements come into the mix when trying to optimise experimental design. Among these are having clear objectives, setting up valid comparisons, knowing how to avoid bias during the...
FEB 04, 2016 | 6:00 AM
Public, legal & ethical acceptability of animal research not only warrants respect for animal welfare & the 3Rs, but also that the perceived benefits can outweigh the pain, discomfort...
FEB 03, 2016 | 9:00 AM
Translational failure in biomedicine has led to much soul-searching about the causes for this. Amongst many others (misunderstanding of statistical tests, vibration of effects, flexibility in...
JUN 11, 2015 | 7:00 AM
Date: Thursday, June 11th, 2015Time: 07:00AM PDT, 10:00AM EDT, 03:00PM BST Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia with nearly 44 million people affected worldwide. Chara...
MAR 19, 2015 | 6:00 AM
This presentation will include both preclinical and small clinical studies with details on mechanism of action, safety and efficacy of a candidate drug that has the capability of alleviating...
MAR 18, 2015 | 12:00 PM
The hippocampal formation is one of the most extensively studied regions of the brain, with well described anatomy and basic physiology; moreover, aspects of human memory mediated by hippocam...
FEB 05, 2015 | 3:00 PM
C.E. CREDITS
As evidenced by the changes in the new Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory animals and the latest AVMA Panel on Euthanasia, it is clear that there is growing concern about the care and w...
FEB 05, 2015 | 10:30 AM
C.E. CREDITS
In the context of an experimental project requiring surgical preparation of animals, training is not only required for technicians lacking a strong surgical background but also for more exper...
FEB 04, 2015 | 6:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Soiled-bedding sentinels are not always efficient in detecting pathogens in rodent colonies. In this context, PCR-based testing can be more sensitive and is being advocated as adjunct to trad...
SEP 24, 2014 | 8:00 AM
Antibiotics are among the most important advances in the history of modern medicine. They turned often acutely fatal infections into treatable indications with radical cures. Antibiotics co...
MAY 29, 2014 | 10:30 AM
Obesity is a disease. It was once not considered to be a disease and to be a matter of will power and gluttony. It was also the case that we once thought that fat tissue had no metabolic func...
