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Justifying brain experiments on animals

Use the form to send a letter to the UCSD Chancellor asking him to raise standards for research at the university by eliminating inhumane and poorly translatable animal experiments and replacing them with modern, human-relevant science.

May 1, 2015

A recent article drew CAARE’s attention to experiments on animals at University of California, San Diego. The author, a cognitive neuroscientist who conducts invasive brain experiments on rats, attempted to justify such research.

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Fill in the form to send a letter to the ALS Association to support non-animal research to find a cure for ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating, progressive neurological disease that has no effective treatment or cure. ALS is often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in memory of the star baseball player whose life and career were cut in short in 1941. Tragically, in the decades since Gehrig’s death, little progress has been made in treating ALS.

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