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Of mice and men: role of mice in biomedical research questioned
Published 2013-02-21
A study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National of Academy Sciences) shows that mice are poor models for human inflammatory diseases. The paper, which focused on sepsis, burns ...
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It’s a dog’s life when man’s best friend becomes his fattest
Published 2013-01-24
A study published this morning in Nature offers further insight into how dogs became domesticated. The comparative analysis of human, canine and wolf genomes suggests that humans and dogs have evolved in parallel as a ...
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Public health ethics and More-than-Human solidarity
Published 2013-01-01
This article contributes to the literature on One Health and public health ethics by expanding the principle of solidarity. We conceptualize solidarity to encompass not only practices intended to assist other people, but ...
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Faith-based Perspectives on the use of Chimeric organisms for medical research.
Published 2013-01-01
Efforts to advance our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases involve the creation chimeric organisms from human neural stem cells and primate embryos – known as prenatal chimeras. The existence of potential mentally ...
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Public Health Ethics and a Status for Pets as Person-Things: Revisiting the Place of Animals in Urbanized Societies.
Published 2013-01-01
Within the field of medical ethics, discussions related to public health have mainly concentrated on issues that are closely tied to research and practice involving technologies and professional services, including ...
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Toward stronger theory in critical public health: Insights from debates surrounding posthumanism
Published 2013-01-01
The “posthumanist turn” in critical theory comprises efforts to recognize and analyze the interdependence of human existence with non-human entities, including other animals, spaces, and technologies. Scholarship aligned ...
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What to think of canine obesity? Emerging challenges to our understanding of human-animal health relationships.
Published 2013-01-01
The coincident and increasing occurrence of weight-related health problems in humans and canines in Western societies poses a challenge to our understanding of human–animal health relationships. More specifically, the ...
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Hendra in the news: public policy meets public morality at a time of zoonotic uncertainty
Published 2013-01-01
Public discourses have influence on policymaking for emerging health issues. Media representations of unfolding events, scientific uncertainty, and real and perceived risks shape public acceptance of health policy and ...
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“It was not just a walking experience”: reflections on the role of care in dog-walking.
Published 2013-01-01
Research into physical activity and human health has recently begun to attend to dog-walking. This study extends the literature on dog-walking as a health behaviour by conceptualizing dog-walking as a caring practice. It ...
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