Suffer the little amphibians

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Amphibians should be used in pharmaceutical research instead of mammals as amphibians are likely to have a lower capacity for pain, says research scientist Craig W. Stevens. Common frogs should be used for testing painkilling drugs, with drugs such as morphine and codeine apparently having similar effects on frogs as on humans. Research into the evolution of the human pain system could also benefit from the finding that frogs have just one type of opioid receptor, compared to three in humans. Frogs are also much cheaper to experiment on than mammals.

Research, Usage, Equipment and supplies, Laboratory animals, Frogs, Analgesics, Pharmaceutical research, Frogs as laboratory animals

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In-house remedy for doctor shortage

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The Open University hopes to be able to offer graduates an easier method of training to become a doctor while continuing to pursue their existing careers. A distance learning foundation course would initially be completed at home over two to four years, and successful trainees would then either enter the third year of medical school at Leeds University, UK, or another proposed medical school, for an additional three years. Trainees would consequently only need to be without paid employment for three years, rather than five as at present.

Planning, Physicians, Medical professions, Open University, Curricula, Vocational guidance, Medical education, University of Leeds

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