Pharmaceuticals

It is often debated is whether animal experimentation for the development of cosmetics or pharmaceuticals is justified. Many oppose such experimentation on the basis that it causes unnecessary suffering. I argue that it is harmful to animals, unneeded for humans, and morally wrong.

Algeria produces a large supply of pharmaceuticals.

Purdue University professor, Japanese Ei'ichi Negishi is a co-recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He shares the award with Japanese Akira Suzuki of Hokkaido University and American Richard Heck of the University of Delaware. Together, their work created a method to build complex organic molecules that are now used to manufacture a range of products — from pharmaceuticals to electronics. Our correspondent spoke with Negishi at his office in Indiana shortly after the Nobel announcement was made.

Coral reefs are essential for coastal protection, and for the food security and economic wellbeing of millions of people around the world. They are an important source of protein, a potential source of pharmaceuticals, and as Lauretta Burke of the World Resources Institute points out, a valuable tourist attraction.

Tim Miller, a professor of neurology at Washington University and senior author of the study, hopes the drug, developed with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, will soon be tested in humans with Alzheimer’s disease.