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More lowdown on milk from Robert Cohen, author of MILK the Deadly Poison Pig Cloning Offers PR Bonanza But No Medical Miracles Response to pig cloning from Campaign for Responsible Transplantation DLRM calls for judicial enquiry into validity of animal experiments for predicting adverse drug reactions MISCELLANEOUS FARM ANIMAL NEWS Swiss find illegal DES in American beef E. coli more prevalent than expected in U.S. Cows Proposal to ban young children from visiting UK farms 3-month old baby may be youngest "mad cow' victim German sausage contains brain tissue banned by EC "Mad Cow" disease returns to Danmark ON THE DRUG SCENE Moxifloxicin (Avelox) "not recommended" St Johns-wort interferes with other drugs Head lice becoming harder to treat Diet vs. Ritalin RESEARCH WITHOUT ANIMALS Virus found in nerve cells of ALS patients Bone marrow and breast cancer House pets may avert children's allergies Human studies indict homocysteine as a cause of heart disease\ Aspartame linked to adverse reactions including weight gain BOOK REVIEWS by Rona Zaid, PhD Wind-of-Fire by Joan Beth Claire The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams celebrating this groundbreaking book's 10th anniversary More primate deaths at Coulston Foundation Dissection Choice bill opposed by U of IL Veterinary Colletge NEJM admits breech of its own ethical standards Imutran to fund U of WI xenotransplant experiments Human cloning patent granted "by mistake" Human ovaries grown in mice at U of Utah LETTERS from Irwin D. Bross, PhD, Amherst NY; Susan Carr Grant, Rochester NY; Marguerite Wegner, Australia; Alix Fano, New York NY and the late Veva Keeler of Hornell and Wellsville NY |
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Volume 11 Issue 1 Spring 2000 The Civil Abolitionist PO Box 26 Swain NY 14884 USA Tel/Fax 607-545-6213 |