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LONDON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sir Paul McCartney appeals to countries across the world to end cosmetics tests on animals Former Beatle and long-time BUAV supporter Sir Paul McCartney has applauded the animal organization's successful campaign to secure an animal testing ban for cosmetics in the European Union, and is now backing Cruelty Free International's work for a global ban on cosmetics tests on animals....

The Veterinary Bioscience Institute (VBI) http://www.vetbiotech.com announces the return of the very popular “Revolutions, Insights and Comparisons of Rodent Anesthesia and Analgesia” four-part webinar series. Winston-Salem, NC (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 The Veterinary Bioscience Institute (VBI) http://www.vetbiotech.com announces the return of the very popular “Revolutions, Insights and Comparisons of Rodent Anesthesia and Analgesia” four-part webinar series. This webinar series...

BASEL, Switzerland and MILAN, Italy, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday April 20, Italian animal rights extremists invaded laboratories at the University of Milan and the associated National Institute of Neurosciences to destroy a large number of important research projects. On behalf of more than 6000 researchers worldwide, the Basel Declaration condemns this act of extremism and calls for solidarity. The research destroyed by the attacks focuses on currently...

The awards recognize outstanding journalism demonstrating the essential role of biomedical research in new medical discoveries and scientific breakthroughs WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) announced today the winners of the 12(th) annual Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Awards. The awards, named in honor of FBR's late chairman Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, recognize outstanding journalism that highlights the role of biomedical...

Peter Dinklage is photographed for Cruelty Free International, sending an appeal across the U.S. to support the global organization committed to ending cosmetic tests on animals BOSTON, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Following Europe's cosmetics animal test ban in March, Emmy and Golden Globe award winning actor Peter Dinklage has become an ambassador for Cruelty Free International to call for an end to cosmetics tests on animals in the USA, as part of the non-profit's mission...

Data Highlight Benefits of New Tool for Predicting Drug Toxicity in Humans Before Clinical Trials Begin -- Important Milestone in Drug Development Evolution NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hurel Corporation ("Hurel") today announced that the results of toxicological evaluations performed on HurelStaticDog(TM), Hurel's new, patent-pending method of culturing actual liver cells from the canine (dog) species, will be highlighted as a part of UCB's keynote overview...

The Bovine Corneal Opacity and Permeability (BCOP) test is an alternative to the Rabbit Draize ocular irritation test. BioScience Laboratories is a Non-Animal Testing Laboratory and offers a variety of animal testing alternatives. Bozeman, MT (PRWEB) March 19, 2013 BioScience Laboratories, Inc. announces the capability of product safety testing for evaluation of eye irritation. The Bovine Corneal Opacity and Permeability (BCOP) test is an in vitro method using isolated bovine corneas to...

TEL-AVIV, Israel, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- When: March 21st, 2013 Where: Worldwide (Valencia, Praha, Leeds, Tucuman, Milan, Boston, Melbourne, Washington, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Toronto, Sacramento, Buenos Aires, Lima, Cleveland, Porto, Lisboa, Mexico, Milwaukee, Bozeman, Berlin, Rosario, Montpellier, Athens, Copenhagen, Istanbul, San Francisco, Boise, Cusco, Bauru, Strathroy, Recife, Perth, London, Jujuy, Johannesburg, Tel-Aviv, Ryazan, Bologna, Edinburgh,...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- a-tune software, Inc., a leading global software solution provider to the medical research community, announces a technology partnership with the University of Oregon (UO). The institution has chosen the company's tick@lab software application as the primary tool to provide administrative oversight for many of its research studies. "a-tune software's suite of products will help the university enhance productivity and reduce...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Score another victory for animals. Roughly six weeks after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US retired some 400 chimpanzees from being used in lab testing, the European Union (EU) enacted a similar ban. As of immediately, no more new products containing ingredients tested on animals will be allowed on store shelves, regardless of where in the world the tests derived. EU’s commissioner for health and consumer...