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Why human genome project is a real revolution in biology and genetics by Irwin D. Bross, PhD Recap on "mad" cows and the world at large by Bina Robinson The creation of a killer virus Students butcher dogs in surgical training Future dubious for UK pig organ transplants Super aspirin a killer? ON THE DRUG SCENE 20 deaths among people taking new flu drugs Tamiflu recommended as preventative by FDA Promising drug for C. myelogenous leukemia Public Citizen sues FDA to recall Lotronex Insurance companies promote Premarin Off-label drug use can be dangerous RESEARCH WITHOUT ANIMALS Hunting can be hard on hunters as well as deer Cigarettes linked to colorectal cancer Alzheimer's linked to childhood IQ at age eleven Tooth fairy reveals radiation exposure Huge New York City canceer study Huntingdon Life Sciences under assault by determined activists Corporate takeover of science MAILBAG Constance Young New York NY Marguerite Wegner, Australia Shanie Aero Mesa AZ Lee Davis Maple Ridge BC John Riker, DC New York NY BOOK REVIEW J R Hyland: God's Covenant with Animals Lantern Books 2000 reviewed by Rhona Zaid, PhD Vivisection or Science ? An investigation into Testing Drugs and Safeguarding Health by Professor Pietro Croce reviewed in British Medical Journal "In this disturbing and thought-provoking book, Professor Pietro, an Italian Scientist, who used to experiment on animals himself, explains why he now believes this is unethical. Surprisingly, this view is not based on his love for animals, but rather his 'concern for the health of other human beings.'" (To order see book page POPS (persistent organic pollutants) to be banned or phased out) Soybeans to replace cows' blood in plywood glue FDA allows health claim for soy protein Biotech industery plans three new labs in UK Lost letter from Irish poet Liam Brophy: Letter from Liam Brophy July 4, 1988 We have just been reminded by some American friends here that this is your Big Day! I am also reminded to thank you for the copies of CIVITAS which keep coming, with all their concentrated load of info. Our distinguished mutual friend Hans Ruesch is under such concentrated attack that he reminds me of those pictures of St. Sebastian, showing him bound to a post while his enemies used his naked body for bow-and-arrow target practice. You might consider the following lines on the theme worth publishing: THE MODERN SAINT SEBASTIAN How like Sebastian he stands Our staunch and targeted Hans While men of comprehension dim Shoot lancet-keen arrows at him, Singly or in hysteric bands. His great crime's not the eloquent Plea for the slaughtered innocent, But that he draws out the real aim Of why they cut and burn and maim, Lays bare their live emolument. Liam Brophy Winter 2000-01 issue subsequent issue home |
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