Universities offer animal rights courses

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Law schools at Harvard, Georgetown, and Northwestern Universities will join the University of California-Los Angeles in offering legal training in animal rights issues. However, some biomedical scientist are worried that these lawyers will sue scientists pursuing animal research as well as the universities that support them.

Curricula, Study and teaching, Law schools, Animal rights

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Seeking the ghost of worms past

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It may take years for the immune system to react to intestinal worms because worm antigens that would stimulate the immune system are only released when the worms die. This explains why drug treatment hastens the development of immunity by killing massive numbers of worms.

Physiological aspects, Worms, Intestinal and parasitic, Helminths, Parasitic diseases

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Blood pressure vaccine shot down by safety concerns

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A Swiss company is proposing a vaccine that targets the renin-angiotensin system for the regulation of blood pressure. Experts worry that it may not be possible to block angiotensin without targeting it in tissues, which may unavoidably trigger an autoimmune response.

Product development, Switzerland, Science & research, Research, Risk factors, Autoimmunity, Vaccines, Blood pressure, Blood pressure regulation

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