The ideals it supports are slavery-free labor, fair wages, and no animal testing, vegan products.
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However, far more animal testing would be needed before the technique would ever be considered in people.
The sponsors contend that Cerovive has undergone the most rigorous round of animal testing ever for a stroke drug.
This procedure, known as photothermal ablation, has undergone six years of animal testing.
Thirty-three universities have now come out publicly in favour of animal testing, and debate in general is less one-sided.
The animal protection group Humane Society International said the new directive would still not prevent "severe suffering" in certain types of animal testing.
Because they are derived from human cells with human diseases, they are likely to be more effective than some forms of animal testing.
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Lord Wills said he was eager to see the government take action on its pledge in the 2010 coalition agreement to reduce animal testing.
Six animal rights activists intimidated companies linked to a Cambridgeshire animal testing laboratory in an attempt to close it down, a court has heard.
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Indeed, the International Fund for Animal Welfare admits that it has virtually suspended its British campaigns on animal testing in order to concentrate on hunting.
Alan Goldberg, of the Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing at the Johns Hopkins University School, told Science magazine that although it was not yet an acceptable alternative, it was "a significant advance".
The company renders animal byproducts and had randomly selected the animal for testing on April 18, he said.
The activists threatened the action in letters sent to investors because the drug company uses Huntingdon Life Sciences , a controversial animal-testing company.
The next step for the team is to get the drug licensed for large animal and eventual human testing.
Dr Ron Fouchier, from the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, said his team had introduced a number of genetic variations - around five - which had enabled the virus to pass between ferrets - the best animal model we have for testing whether the virus will infect humans.
Some of this rise is due to better testing and co-operation with the animal services department, which receives most reports of dying birds.
An experimental animal vaccine has already been developed and has undergone preliminary testing.
These chips are now in animal trials, and Langer's goal is to begin testing on humans in two years.
He's the Director of the Institute for Animal Health at the Pirbright Laboratory in Surrey, which has been doing most of the testing for MAFF and is the only place in the UK licensed to handle foot and mouth vaccine.
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