PHAR 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Positron Emission Tomography, Johns Hopkins University, Animal Testing
10 Feb 2016
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Low throughput - only analyze one or a few animals at a time. The issue for the public is: o o. The issue for the scientific community: o o. Increased effectiveness of iacuc"s (institutional animal care and use committees) I. e. it"s more okay to use flies than to use dogs or monkeys. 1824 - society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. 1931 - hall"s principles of ethical animal experimentation o o. 1959 - russell and burch: principle of humane experimental technique o. 1980 - henri spira campaigned against cosmetic companies o o. The cosmetics and fragrance association in the us invested in finding alternatives. John hopkins wrote a letter saying that they have no idea what alternatives to use to testing their products but they would get their research labs to invest in finding alternatives o. 1982 - creation of centre for alternatives to animal testing john hopkins university.
