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Richard J Miller
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Moral philosopher/belletrist/author-"the Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation" and "Drugged".
https://richardjmillerscientist.com/
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Do you want an NIH grant? Stop working on animals!

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Mitigating Bias Toward Animal Methods During NIH Grant Review
Physicians Committee experts and leaders of the Coalition to Illuminate and Address Animal Methods Bias (COLAAB), an international collaboration of researchers and advocates dedicated to exploring and...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Biomedical research.Animals are out!

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Are Animals Out? How NAMs Are Changing the Rules of the Game
A coordinated national effort is emerging to bring alternatives to animal testing into routine preclinical use, backed by a fresh FDA roadmap and a global coalition of scientific and industry partners...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The beginning of the end of animal experimentation.

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Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
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November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Psychedelics.Just in time for Christmas.

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Psychedelics Made Me Christian
A few years ago, following a few decades wastefully spent consuming no other mind-altering substance than alcohol (which I quit for good in 2020), I began to experiment with psilocybin.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The universal appeal of psychedelices.

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How the Right Coopted Psychedelics
What was once a signature party favor of the left has been subsumed by optimization-obsessed conservatives. How did we get here?
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November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Mouse eyes horror! Investigators blind mice in their experiments.
Why are people allowed to do things like this?

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Whole-cortex in situ sequencing reveals input-dependent area identity - Nature
BARseq interrogates the expression of 104 cell-type marker genes in 10.3 million cells over nine mouse forebrain hemispheres to reveal the role of peripheral inputs on cortical area development.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Getting together to end animal testing.

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Britain's Bold Plan to End Animal Testing Gains Unlikely Unity
On a gray November morning in London, ministers, scientists, and animal welfare advocates did something rare: they all applauded the same announcement.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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One small step in reducing cruelty to animals.

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Victory for Monkeys! The Netherlands to Cut Funding for Cruel Experiments
The Netherlands will stop funding experiments on monkeys at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre and invest in humane, non-animal research. A breakthrough for monkeys, humans, and science.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Is this the end of dog use in medical research?

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The secretive dog experimentation industry is crumbling
The US experiments on tens of thousands of beagles. After a shocking case, will it come to an end?
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November 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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How universities collude in animal abuse.

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Escaped monkeys from Mississippi truck crash puts spotlight on NIH-funded Tulane lab
Three monkeys remain at large after truck crash in Mississippi released 21 primates from Tulane University research program allegedly funded by NIH, sparking public safety concerns.
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November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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The pointlessness of animal based biomedical research.

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The Lab Mouse Paradox: Why Science Still Depends on Animals Who Don’t Represent Us
In the wild, a mouse or rat leads a precarious life. In the city, they dodge traps, poisons, and broom-wielding humans. In the countryside, they face
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October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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No more monkey business!

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Academics, activists, opposition call for end to monkey imports
The long-tailed macaque is an endangered species and one of the most common for medical testing experiments.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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The futility of animal based biomedical research.

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The lab mouse paradox: Why science still depends on animals who don’t represent us | Daily Guardian
By Reynard Loki In the wild, a mouse or rat leads a precarious life. In the city, they dodge traps, poisons, and broom-wielding humans. In the countryside, they face owls, shotguns, and more poison. A...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Animal free research is the future!

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Alternatives to animal testing are the future — it’s time that journals, funders and scientists embrace them
Biomedical research techniques that don’t involve the use of animals are gaining momentum, but those using innovative approaches still face resistance from some quarters.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Lab research helps speed the extinction of endangered monkeys.

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Common research monkey is endangered, conservation group confirms
Listing could affect availability for biomedical studies
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October 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Maybe the question should be "Can scientists feel"?

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Can Animals Feel? A New Roadmap for Consciousness - Neuroscience News
A philosophy scholar has developed a practical “decision tree” to help scientists and ethicists evaluate which creatures may be conscious.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Magic Mushrooms Show Surprising Power to Ease Pain and Depression
Penn Medicine researchers discovered that psilocybin can ease chronic pain and depression by subtly tuning serotonin activity in the brain.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Why I Can No Longer "Justify" Animal Research
Animals have been used as stand-ins for humans when conducting biomedical research since classical antiquity when this approach was pioneered by the likes of Aristotle and Galen. But, after thousands ...
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October 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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She’s leading NIH’s push to reduce the use of animals in biomedical research
Nicole Kleinstreuer, who is leading an NIH effort to reduce the use of animals in research, began thinking about the issue as a toxicologist at the EPA
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October 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Do psychedelics work in the "real world"?

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Oregon “Real World” Study Confirms Psilocybin Effective for Depression, Anxiety
A study of participants in Oregon's legal psilocybin program showed improvement in depression and anxiety and a boost in sense of well being.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Non animal research gains momentum!

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New approach methodologies gain momentum, providing human-relevant alternatives to animal models - Lab Animal
Researchers are increasingly using organ-on-chips and organoids alongside or instead of animals to model drug safety, biological mechanisms and rare diseases.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Want NIH funding? Stop working on animals!

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NIH establishes nation's first dedicated organoid development center to reduce reliance on animal modeling
The Standardized Organoid Modeling Center aims to produce standardized protocols for organoid research, addressing reproducibility challenges.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Funding for animal research is going away!

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White House slashes medical research on monkeys, sparking fierce debate
Research on monkeys comes under attack as patients wait for cures.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Cruel experiments are wasting animal lives!

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A call to action to address critical flaws and bias in laboratory animal experiments and preclinical research - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A call to action to address critical flaws and bias in laboratory animal experiments and preclinical research
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September 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Animal research.Taxpayers ,do you know where your money is going?

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Shining a Light on Animal Use in Laboratories: Physicians Committee Hosts Congressional Briefing on the Federal Animal Research Accountability Act (H.R. 3295)
How many animals are used in taxpayer-funded experiments every year? The truth is, no one knows. Estimates range from 10 million to 110 million, but the federal government doesn’t collect accurate num...
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September 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM