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FEATURE ARTICLE
Largest Toxicology Animal Study Ever Challenges Traditional Thinking
The largest animal study ever conducted in the field of toxicology, recently completed by researchers at Oregon State University, has shown that certain carcinogens may be safer at significantly higher levels than previously thought.
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MANAGEMENT TIP

Seven Steps to Riding out a Downturn
Employees who are anxious about their futures — especially during a challenging economy such as now —can adversely affect a company’s profitability by delivering poor customer service, being less intellectually engaged in their jobs, and making plans to leave.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
  • Fruit-Fly Cell Signaling May Explain Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
    The process of Notch signaling, for which fruit flies are a model organism, may hold the key to the human immune disorder Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, according to researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine.
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  • Paradox: Immune Suppressant Strengthens Immune Memory
    In a win-win discovery, scientists at the Emory Vaccine Center have found that rapamycin, a drug used to suppress immune systems from rejecting transplants, can also stimulate the formation of memory CD8 T cells.
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  • EPA Plans to Work Towards Animal-Free Toxicity Testing
    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering a major paradigm shift on chemical risk assessments, moving from conventional whole-animal tests to tests based on toxicity-based pathways.
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  • Mouse Model Created for Parkinson’s Non-Motor Symptoms
    Scientists at Emory University report that they have developed a mouse model that demonstrates many of the non-motor symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease in humans.
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Industry Calendar

July 11-15, 2009
American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting
Seattle, WA

August 5-7, 2009
LAWTE Conference
San Antonio, TX

September 1-3, 2009
35th NCAB Seminar
National Harbor, MD

September 11, 2009
IACUC-Advanced
Beaverton, OR

September 18, 2009
San Diego AALAS Fall Symposium
La Jolla, CA

September 20-22, 2009
District 6 AALAS Regional Conference
Rosemont, IL

September 24-25, 2009
Academy of Surgical Research Annual Meeting
New Orleans, LA

October 18-21, 2009
ABSA Biological Safety Conference
Miami, FL

October 20, 2009
IACUC-Advanced
Notre Dame, IN

November 8 - 12, 2009
National AALAS Meeting
Denver, CO

December 7-8, 2009
Creating and Running an Engaged and Proactive IACUC
San Antonio, TX

April 15 - 16, 2010
TurnKey Conference
Baltimore, MD

April 24-27, 2010
CALAS Symposium
Quebec City, Canada

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