The Conquest of Disease through Animal Experimentation

The Conquest of Epidemic Disease

It could be argued that this text is misnamed were one to evaluate its content page by page in terms of factual material, for though the story is, indeed, that of the mastery of many of the epidemic diseases, its main thesis is much more than that,-it is really the conquest of false philosophies. Recounted are innumerable instances revealing how susceptible have been impregnable positions and b...

The conquest of Wilson's disease.

When (Samuel Alexander) Kinnier Wilson described a new disease involving the liver and the lenticular nucleus of the brain in 1912, he was unable to recommend any form of treatment, although that remained his life long ambition (Wilson, 1912; Fig. 1). Until the underlying cause of the disease was understood, this inevitably remained a somewhat forlorn hope. A role for copper, as a possible path...

Refinement) to Animal Experimentation

341 t4 Workshop Report* A Framework Program for the Teaching of Alternative Methods (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) to Animal Experimentation Mardas Daneshian 1, Mohammad A. Akbarsha 2, Bas Blaauboer 3, Francesca Caloni 4, Pierre Cosson 5, Rodger Curren 6, Alan Goldberg 7, Franz Gruber 8, Frauke Ohl 9, Walter Pfaller 10, Jan van der Valk 11, Pilar Vinardell , Joanne Zurlo , Thomas Hartung ...

Alternatives to Animal Experimentation

This special issue of ALTEX is publicising what the 3R Research Foundation has achieved in the past and what projects are currently underway. This special issue is intended to improve awareness of the projects funded by the Foundation and to provide a training tool. The first section includes updated descriptions of 20 projects from the past ten years. These projects, involving basic research, ...

Alternatives to Animal Experimentation