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The NHMRC code on animal use requires researchers to minimise harm, pain and distress but doesn’t provide guidance on how to do it. International Fund for Animal Welfare Animal Rescue Blog/Flickr

Australia failing to protect non-human primates in research

Monika Merkes, La Trobe University

Draft guildelines for the use of non-human primates in research will dilute what protections these animals have, despite numerous reasons to stop the practice entirely.
Breakthroughs such as the development of penicillin – first tested in mice – may not have occurred without animal testing. Novartis AG

Animals in research: benefits, ethics and assessment

Gavan McNally, UNSW Sydney

“AUSTRALIANS SAY NO TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS,” rang the headline of a recent media release by the activist group Humane Research Australia, referring to an opinion poll it commissioned in May that found…
A rat used for cancer research in the United States. Janet Stephens

The elusive ethics of animal ethics committees

Monika Merkes, La Trobe University and Rob Buttrose, The University of Melbourne

More than six million animals are used in experiments in Australia each year. Many endure pain and distress, and most are killed after their use. The research community claims that our regulatory framework…

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  1. Animal ethics
  2. Animal experimentation
  3. Animals in research
  4. Animal testing
  5. Animal welfare
  6. Medical research
  7. NHMRC
  8. Non-human primates
  9. Primates

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