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Animal experiments mostly don't lead to treatments, unnecessarily repeated: study

Jul 5 '18 15:00
NatureHealth

In most cases, animal experiments do not lead to successful treatment for sick people. Many tests are not performed properly, and tests that have already been done are often repeated, according to a study by Radboud UMC Nijmegen, UMC Utrecht and the Netherlands Heart Institute, AD reports.

According to the researchers, data about failed animal experiments are hardly ever published. "Research is then unnecessarily repeated, through which more animals suffer and die", researcher Mira van der Naald said to AD, calling it a vicious circle. 

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Dutch lab used more monkeys in tests, 137 died last year

Apr 24 '18 15:40
NatureScience

The Biomedical Primate Research Center (BPRC) in Rijswijk used 317 monkeys in its tests last year, compared to 95 in 2016. Last year 137 of these animals died, AD reports.

Ronald Bontrop, BPRC director, told AD that the increase is due the the fact that "a long-term experiment with tuberculosis was completed last year". According to him, the monkeys involved in this experiment have been tested on for some time, but were only included in the count of last year - the year in which the experiment finished.

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Maastricht Univ. stops experimenting on dogs

Jul 2 '15 16:02
Science

The Maastricht University has decided to completely stop the experiment in which dogs were used to test the effectiveness of pacemakers, the University announced in a press release on Thursday.

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Europe threatens Netherlands over lab animal treatment

Oct 17 '14 13:53
Politics

The Netherlands has been referred by the European Commission to the European Court of Justice for failure to enact European legislation on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.

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Over 125k sign petition against labrador experiments

Sep 23 '14 15:42
Science

The Anti Animal Testing Coalition (ADC) reports that 127 thousand people signed the petition against Maastricht University's experiments on Labradors.

Chocolate Labradors (Source: Wikimedia/Pharoah Hound)

Pacemaker study using Labradors ends over activist outcry

Aug 25 '14 13:29
Science

The University of Maastricht (UM) has decided to suspend their experiment testing pacemakers on several dozen Labradors. This decision was reached after the Anti Animal Testing Coalition (ADC) collected more than 84 thousand signatures on a petition.

MPs debate test animal use, euthanasia

Feb 28 '14 08:18
Politics

The cabinet is sharpening the rules around the use of test animals in the Netherlands, the AD reports.

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