Eight common worries concerning the development and use of transgenic animals are formulated. These worries are assessed by two ethical criteria. It is argued that one of the worries, animal welfare, is ethically significant, whereas the rest are either baseless or turn out really to be about ...
However, many other species, including other mammals, do have the enzymes and can eat them just fine. For us humans, popping a couple ofBeano tablets can work wondersat combating gas and bloating since it introduces enzymes to your meal that break down these tough to digest beans. Due to ...
Scientists haveproducedsuch stem cells in the lab for other animals, including humans, mice, pigs and even rhinos. But for years, getting the right elephant stem cells to test all those cold-climate characteristics proved elusive, in part because elephant cells’ ability to avoid cancer made rep...
The annual event has helped find homes for more than 395,000 animals since 2015 and reduces the stress on animals and staff at overcrowded shelters. Teddy, a cataholua leopard dog mix at the Morris Animal Refuge in Philadelphia, was adopted during the event. The adopting family knew they ...
The challenge, however, is that many of the brands we love and adore do more harm than good to our environment, human rights and animals. So what happens when lesser-known ethical brands enter the market and get overlooked entirely?
In contrast, blood plasma miRs are of particular interest because they might provide further insights on how dietary interventions affect fish physiology in a more integrative manner, while at the same time they represent a more ethically (reducing the number of animals used in experimentation) and...
Although we acknowledge that spontaneous animal encounters do occur when zoo animals choose to engage with visitors outside of formal AAEs offered by the zoo, this article considers only those where an animal is trained or encouraged to interact closely with humans as part of a planned visitor ...
Humans exposed orally to 1000 mg/day for 3-5 days of Bt have showed no ill effects. Many tests have been conducted on test animals using different types of exposures. The results of the tests showed that the use of Bt causes few if any negative effects. Bt does not persist in the dig...
So, while animals might not ponder life and death the way humans do, they still may have some sense of self. After decades of studying animals ranging from coyotes, gray wolves, domestic dogs, and Adelie penguins and other birds, I've come to the conclusion that not only are some ...
including beans. This process heats the can of food to very high temperatures, which not only kills any foodborne pathogens so that the canned beans are safe to eat, it also cooks the beans. So if you're looking to make weeknight succotash, or apulled turkey chili, canned beans are your...