In awarding full accreditation to Oregon State University in March, AAALAC offered the following remarks to Rick Spinrad, vice president for research.
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High Grades for Animal Care
Year: 2012
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Doctor at the Top
A human life can pivot on the quirkiest of convergences. In the life of Helen Diggs, it was the accidental nexus of five unfortunate hikers, a bagful of poisonous mushrooms and a few heroic pigs that set change in motion.
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A Whole Lot of Seriousness
By standardizing and harmonizing how animals are cared for, you create consistency across labs and institutions.
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Ten Discoveries at Oregon State
With the help of animals, Oregon State scientists have made important discoveries in human health.
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Drug Test
By some estimates, a third to half of the artesunate, an anti-malarial drug, in some countries is counterfeit. The World Health Organization has called for faster, more accurate tests, and now a team of Oregon State University chemists has stepped up with an innovative approach.
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Staph Attack
Deadly staph infections may have a potent new foe: Vitamin B3.