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More lowdown on milk from Robert Cohen, author of MILK the Deadly Poison  text

Pig Cloning Offers PR Bonanza But No Medical Miracles  text 176
        Response to pig cloning from Campaign for Responsible Transplantation

DLRM calls for judicial enquiry into validity of animal experiments for predicting adverse drug reactions text 177

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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