Animal Rights - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Regulatory issues in xenotransplantation: recent developments.

30 Mar 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This article reviews recent literature on regulatory issues of xenotransplantation, focusing primarily on current progress with transplantation of pancreatic islets for diabetic patients. The need for a global system that connects ... Read more...

Animal experimentation--a personal view.

30 Jan 2009 Disagreement about the use of animals in biomedical research has resulted in absurd positions by both sides. Increasingly, some zealots against animal experimentation have resorted to violence or other illegal acts to support their points of view. ... Read more...

[Yes to research, no to utilization? Medical, pharmacological and toxicological utilization of human embryonic stem cells from an ethical point of view]

30 Aug 2008 In exceptional cases, the German Stem Cell Act allows research on human embryonic stem cells. However, it does not allow the implementation of the research results if this in turn requires the use of further embryonic stem cell lines. It has, in the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Animal Rights - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Enough is enough. 30 Aug 2009
• Marching for science. 29 Apr 2009
• Regulatory issues in xenotransplantation: recent developments. 30 Mar 2009
• Against vicious activism. 3 Feb 2009
• Animal experimentation--a personal view. 30 Jan 2009
• The emergence of animal rights in veterinary medicine. 30 Oct 2008
• A history of antivivisection from the 1800s to the present: Part II. 30 Oct 2008
• California aims to crack down on animal rights extremists. 29 Sep 2008
• [Yes to research, no to utilization? Medical, pharmacological and toxicological utilization of human embryonic stem cells from an ethical point of view] 30 Aug 2008
• The 3R principle and the use of non-human primates in the study of neurodegenerative diseases: the case of Parkinson's disease. 17 Aug 2008
• Is animal cruelty a "red flag" for family violence? Investigating co-occurring violence toward children, partners, and pets. 8 Jun 2008
• [Alternatives to animal experimentation v.s. animal rights terrorism] 29 Apr 2008
• The animal research war. 29 Apr 2008
• Animal rights. Brazilian scientists battle animal experimentation bans. 5 Mar 2008
• Animal experimentation: the need for deliberation and challenge. 30 Jan 2008
• Keeping protests within the law. 29 Nov 2007
• Terror terms for arsonists. 5 Jun 2007
• Animal rights, human wrongs? Introduction to the Talking Point on the use of animals in scientific research. 30 May 2007
• Primate rights? 30 May 2007
• Unwise branding. 22 May 2007

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Technical information about 'Animal Rights'

Definition: The moral and ethical bases of the protection of animals from cruelty and abuse. The rights are extended to domestic animals, laboratory animals, and wild animals.

Descriptor UI: D017087

Alternative terms: Animal Rights; Rights, Animal; Speciesism;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.100.100;

Online Note: use ANIMAL WELFARE to search ANIMAL RIGHTS 1986-92 and SPECIESISM 1987-92

History Note: 93; was see ANIMAL WELFARE 1986-92; SPECIESISM was see ANIMAL WELFARE 1987-92

Technical Notes: refers to domestic, laboratory or wild animals; ANIMAL WELFARE is also available