NEWS STORIES
Dengue Fever Research Heats
Up
San Antonio Express-News, August 30, 2007 - Researchers
have taken big a step towards combating the virus known as break-bone
fever. Scientists have successfully implanted the mice with the
type of human immune cells, called dendritic cells, that get attacked
by the invading dengue virus.
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Research Under Fire
The Oregonian, August 7, 2007 - In a letter to
the editor of the Oregonian, FBR President Frankie Trull states:
"When the Oregon Health & Science University researcher's
home was vandalized, a menacing message was left on his garage door:
"ALF eyes on you." Unfortunately, it is an altogether
too familiar message. Tactics such as this have caused many scientists
and researchers to choose between their work -- in finding new cures
and medical treatments -- and their families' safety." Click
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Congressional Gold Medal
Houston Chronicle, September 18, 2007 - Congress' highest
honor may soon be bestowed upon FBR Board Chair Dr. Michael E. DeBakey.
The House voted Monday to confer Congress' highest honor on the
famed heart surgeon, joining the Senate in approving the Congressional
Gold Medal for the 99-year-old medical trailblazer. Click
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Benefits of Mice in Research
The Washington Post, August 26, 2007 - Genetic technology
has allowed scientists to knock out or, in some cases, add genes
to animal models. The usefulness of these animals is hard to overstate.
They help biologists understand basic physiology. They help identify
genetic defects that lead to disease.
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Understanding Human Memory
Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2007 - Through research with
animals, a neuroscientist is seeking to understand the biological
changes that take place in the brain as dementia develops. Click
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Fighting Back Against Extremists
Inside Higher Ed (insidehighered.com)
August 28, 2006 -- The recent incidents at UCLA “should
be a wake-up call for every university” and the steps the
university is taking “are extremely important,” said
Frankie Trull, president of the Foundation for Biomedical Research,
which supports the use of animals in research and spars with animal
rights groups. Click
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Analysis: Researcher Bows
to Extremists
Washington, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The recent incident of a university
researcher who ceased experiments involving monkeys due to pressure
from animal-rights extremists has the pharmaceutical industry concerned
activists could ultimately drive research organizations out of the
United States.
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Extremists Succeed In Campaign
of Intimidation;
All of Us Stand to Lose
Media
Statement by Frankie L. Trull, President
August 7, 2006
The Foundation for Biomedical
Research today expressed great dismay over a misguided and criminal
campaign of harassment and intimidation that has resulted in a UCLA
professor of neurobiology abandoning his research as a result of
the demands of the Animal Liberation Front, following a campaign
that included harassment of family and neighbors, as well as an
attempted bombing of a colleague’s home. Click
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This Joint Problem Makes
Dogs, Owners, Weak In the Knees
Wall Street Journal, April 11 - Being an athlete is a well-known
risk factor for cruciate-ligament injury. A larger — but lesser-known
— risk factor is being a dog.
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US Tackles Controversial
Issue with Conviction
Financial Times, April 10 - The recent conviction of six
US-based animal rights activists for inciting threats and harassment
as part of a campaign against an animal testing company may come
to mark a turning point in the way the country tackles extremism.
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Firebombs: Five Held
GetReading.com, March 29, 2006 - Four suspected animal rights activists
have been arrested during a police raid in connection with the attempted
firebombing in Caversham. Police spokeswoman Rebecca Webber said
police believe the four, and a 39-year-old man arrested on Sunday
night, could be involved in the Animal Liberation Front (ALF).
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Six Animal Rights Terrorists
Marching Off to the Slammer
The National Ledger, March 4 - Six animal rights terrorists
were on their way to the slammer on Friday after being convicted
in federal court of violent activities during their rein of terror
against a British research laboratory.
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SHAC Guilty
March 2, 2006 - A federal jury has convicted an animal rights group
of inciting violence and terror.
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Scientists Hope Stem Cell
Research Will Soon Find Answers
February 26 - 60 Minutes on the importance of stem cell research.
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