Hastings Center Fact Sheet
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Hastings center fact sheet. It is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization of research scholars from multiple disciplines including philosophy law political science and education. More than 70 000 of them are nonhuman primates. They represent a start in reaching the ultimate goal of significantly reducing and one day possibly eliminating the need for invasive research on animals without compromising our ability to work toward breakthroughs that may ease suffering in humans as well as animals. It is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization of research scholars from multiple disciplines including philosophy law political science and education.
Mice in particular have become the preeminent animal model for a host of diseases. 96 percent are mice rats fish and birds. If pain is unrelieved researchers must give a justification. Founded in 1969 the hastings center is the world s first bioethics research institute.
About 95 of all lab animals are mice rats fish and birds hastings center 2012. The vast majority of animals used for research in the u s. Animal welfare regulations require researchers to report whether the animals they use are subjected to pain and whether it is relieved by medication. Mice in particular have become the preeminent animal model for a host of diseases.
Countries like india china russia south africa and israel are focusing on nanotechnology as a pillar of their economies over the coming decades. Founded in 1969 the hastings center is the world s first bioethics research institute. Founded in 1969 the hastings center is the world s first bioethics research institute. An estimated 26 million animals are used for research testing and education in the united states each year.
It is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization of research scholars from multiple disciplines including philosophy law political science and education. Debates over the use of animals for research often center on the animals experience of pain. In november 2011 the hastings center held such a forum at yale university with generous support from the. Two charts show the breakdown of all animals used in research and their quantities.