PCRM Scientists Present Findings at World Congress
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Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., and Chad Sandusky, Ph.D., at the 5th World
Congress. |
PCRM was well represented at the recent 5th World Congress on
Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences held in Berlin,
Germany. Scientists with PCRM’s Research Advocacy Department,
headed by director Chad Sandusky, Ph.D., shared their findings
with colleagues from around the world.
Convened every three years and held this year from August 21 to
25, the congress has been controversial because, while its ostensible
goal is to reduce or eliminate animal use in research, it has been
increasingly co-opted by companies seeking to delay alternatives
and continue animal testing. Conference exhibitors include companies
that sell animals for such testing. PCRM scientists aimed to push
the agenda back toward its original purpose—helping end animal
tests.
During the congress, Dr. Sandusky gave an invited presentation
on “Strategies to Reduce Animal Testing in the U.S. EPA’s
HPV Program.” He, along with colleagues Megha Even, M.S.,
and Kristie Stoick, M.P.H., have focused on reducing animal testing
in this EPA chemical screening program for the past three years.
Together they have spared thousands of animals.
Biologist Megha Even gave two other presentations: “Development
of a Novel Diagnostic ELISA for Human Insulin Using Serum-Free
Cell Culture” (soon to be published in the Journal of
Clinical Chemistry) and “University of Virginia Medical
School Replaces Canine Lab with Human Patient Simulator: A Case
Study.” She presented the latter on behalf of Rooshin B.
Dalal, a medical student who worked with PCRM to institute non-animal
teaching methods at UVA.
PCRM ethologist Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., used a poster presentation
to display his findings on the stress animals undergo during the
most mundane laboratory procedures. And Jarrod Bailey, Ph.D., a
PCRM consultant in England, presented a poster on his recently
published paper, “The Future of Teratology Research Is In
Vitro.”
PCRM continues to work to make the World Congress fulfill its
mission of reducing and ultimately ending animal tests.
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