Guest guest Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 A leading neuroscientist and Oxford graduate has stepped into thedebate over animal testing in a highly critical paper that condemnsthe university's controversial laboratory.Writing for Animal Aid, the UK's largest animal rights group, MariusMaxwell, a neurosurgeon at a specialist spine centre in the US, saidthe minority of Oxford animal researchers were "tirelessly promotingtheir claimed achievements before the media".He said: "Many of my Oxford colleagues in world-class scientificlaboratories, and in the humanities, are privately aghast at theability of a small group of media-savvy vivisectionists to hold thedebate hostage and thereby besmirch the international reputation oftheir university."Dr Maxwell's comments come just days after Pro-Test, the Oxford-basedgroup backing animal testing, said three letter bombs had been sent toresearch companies in Oxfordshire and Birmingham.-- full story:http://education.guardian.co.uk/businessofresearch/story/0,,1996135,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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