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Séralini’s rat-feeding trial (part 2)
Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini is a French scientist researching pesticides and GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) crops. A research paper from his team was published in 2012, retracted (withdrawn) in 2013 and republished in 2014. Here it is. This is the … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, knowledge transfer
Tagged adjuvant, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, America, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, biotechnology, corn, Europe, food safety, gene gun, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, herbicide resistance, lab animal, law, maize, maize NK603, mammal, Monsanto, mouse, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, poison, rat, research, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, Séralini_Gilles-Eric, tumour, vertebrate
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Animal research, how it is
Understanding Animal Research (UAR) is a British group. It exists ‘to provide all you want to know about animal research, whether you are a concerned member of the public or have a special interest.’ I like UAR’s factual style, a … Continue reading
Posted in human health, knowledge transfer
Tagged cosmetic, disease, farmer, human, knowledge, lab animal, laboratory, law, livestock, mammal, mouse, primate, research, scientist, vertebrate, welfare
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The badger cull – what we know and what we don’t know
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle (Bos primigenius) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. You could follow my ‘tuberculosis’ tag. Other animals can get bTB too. In Britain, some people think the native badger (Meles meles) is … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, knowledge transfer
Tagged alien species, bacterium, badger, biosecurity, brushtail possum, cattle, data, deer, disease, farmer, foot and mouth disease, fox, history, knowledge, livestock, mammal, marsupial, mouse, mustelid, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, native species, poison, polecat, politics, research, reservoir, rodent, ruminant, shooting, shrew, squirrel, stoat, tuberculosis, vertebrate, vole, wildlife
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Science about kale and the immune system
Thanks to Monica Cassani at Beyond Meds (see my reblog a few minutes ago) I’ve just looked up the science that’s mentioned in the video she links to, about how kale is good for the immune system. It’s a 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in human health
Tagged brassica, human, immunity, kale, lab animal, mouse, nutrition, research, vegetable
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Mammal embryos that bide their time
When I wrote here about the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) I gave only a brief introduction. I didn’t mention the research about C. capreolus happening at Aberdeen University. My fellow blogger Finn Holding tells us more. He tells how the … Continue reading
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