Animal liberation now : the definitive classic renewed by Singer, Peter, 1946-

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Loving animals : toward a new animal advocacy by Rudy, Kathy

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The new medicines : how drugs are created, approved, marketed, and sold by Schacter, Bernice, 1943-2008

Table of Contents: “…The history of regulation of human drugs -- The eureka moment: how new medicines are discovered -- Test tube results are not enough: animal tests for a drug's utility -- The business decisions: committing to development -- Production of the new drug -- Laboratory and animal safety testing -- Getting set for clinical trials -- Phase 1 clinical trials -- Phase 2 clinical testing -- Phase 3 testing -- Putting together the application for approval: the new drug application (NDA) -- Now everybody holds their breath (and some people may brush up on the rules for insider trading), will the FDA file the NDA? …”


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The alchemy of disease : how chemicals and toxins cause cancer and other illnesses by Whysner, John

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Legally blonde & legally blonde 2 : red, white & blonde

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Principles of biotechnology

Table of Contents: “…Alternative energy sources -- Animal breeding -- Animal testing -- Animals as a medical resource -- Anthrax and biological warfare -- Anthropogeomorphology -- Antibiotic-resistant bacteria -- Antibiotics as defense against biological warfare -- Archaebacteria -- Artificial intelligence -- Artificial organs -- Audio engineering -- Bioassays -- Biochemical engineering -- Biodetectors -- Bioenergy technologies -- Bioengineering -- Biofertilizers -- Biofuels -- Biofuels and synthetic fuels -- Bioinformatics -- Biological terrorism -- Biological weapon identification -- Biomathematics -- Biomechanical engineering -- Biomechanics -- Biometric eye scanners -- Biometric identification systems -- Bionics and biomedical engineering -- Biopesticides and the environment -- Bioprocess engineering -- Bioremediation -- Biosensors -- Biostratigraphy -- Biosynthetics -- Biotechnology and genetic engineering -- Biotoxins -- Botany and genetic engineering -- Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon -- Bubonic plague as a biological weapon -- Cell and tissue engineering -- Cloning -- Cloning of plants -- CRISPR-Cas9 -- Cryogenics -- Desalination plants and technology -- Detection and prevention of food poisoning -- Diamond v. …”

The rights of animals

Table of Contents: “….] ; Superior research methods make animal testing unjustified / Alistair Currie ; Using animals for medical testing may be wrong for scientific rather than ethical reasons / Arthur Allen -- Should it be allowed for animals to be used for entertainment? …”


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The nature of drugs : history, pharmacology, and social impact Volume One by Shulgin, Alexander T. (Alexander Theodore)

Table of Contents: “…-- Definitions from lectures 1 and 2 -- Lecture 3: The origin of drugs -- Overview -- Opening discussion: Sasha's view on drugs, laws, power, and social control -- The origin of drugs -- Human development and origins -- Alchemy -- Chemotherapy -- The origins of drug scheduling, enforcement and how drugs are scheduled -- Definitions -- Lecture 4: The plumbing of the human body -- Overview -- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics -- How drugs get into the body -- Drug administration methods -- Biotransformation -- The half-life of drugs in the body -- Metabolic interactions of drugs -- Lecture 5: More body plumbing & the nervous system -- Overview -- Biotransformation continued -- Absorption, excretion, and routes -- Administration methods and their effects on drugs -- The nervous system -- The central nervous system -- The autonomic nervous system -- Nerves, structure, and function -- Lecture 6: Drug action -- Overview -- Drug treatment categories -- Sasha's drug treatment classifications -- Review of drugs and the nervous system -- Lecture 7: Memory & state of consciousness -- Overview -- States of consciousness -- Memory -- Changes in consciousness without drug intervention -- Mental illness -- Lecture 8: Research methods -- Criminalistics and drug testing -- Defining the research question -- Devising a hypothesis -- Clinical drug trials -- Human versus animal testing -- Sasha's lecture 3 notes, 1987.…”


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Thanking the monkey : rethinking the way we treat animals by Dawn, Karen

Table of Contents: “…Animals anonymous : animal testing -- Torture is legal -- Do animal tests save human lives? …”


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The cosmetic industry : scientific and regulatory foundations

Table of Contents: “…The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternative to Animal Testing / Alan M. Goldberg -- 18. Communication and cooperation: the dermatologist and the cosmetic industry / Walter Larsen -- 19. …”


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An introduction to biomaterials

Table of Contents: “….] -- Therapy development, animal testing, and regulatory issues / Charles E. Hart ... …”


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Clinical trials of drugs and biopharmaceuticals

Table of Contents: “…Lee ... [et al.] -- Animal tests as predictors of human response / Peter I. …”


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Dermatotoxicology

Table of Contents: “…Methods for in vitro percutaneous absorption -- Tape stripping method and stratum corneum -- Percutaneous absorption of hazardous substances -- Isolated perfused porcine skin flap -- Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling -- Methods for in vitro skin metabolism studies -- Transdermal drug delivery systems: dermatologic and other adverse reactions -- Predictive toxicology methods for transdermal delivery systems -- Animal, human, and in vitro test methods for predicting skin irritation -- Analysis of structural change in intercellular lipids of human stratum corneum induced by surfactants: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Study -- Test methods for allergic contact dermatitis in animals -- Test methods for allergic contact dermatitis in humans -- Immunoadjuvants in prospective testing for contact allergens -- The local lymph node assay -- Contact urticaria and the contact urticaria syndrome (immediate contact reactions) --…”


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The animator's survival kit by Williams, Richard, 1933-2019

Table of Contents: “…History of the chart and inbetween -- Extremes and breakdowns -- Keys -- Three ways to animate -- Testing, testing, testing -- The X-sheet -- Came the dawn -- The best numbering system -- The great ones and twos battles -- The top and bottom pegs battle -- More on spacing. …”


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The animator's survival kit by Williams, Richard, 1933-2019

Table of Contents: “…History of the chart and inbetween - Extremes and breakdowns - Keys - Three ways to animate - Testing, testing, testing - The X-sheet - Came the dawn - The best numbering system - The great ones and twos battles - The top and bottom pegs battle -- More on spacing. …”


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The animator's survival kit by Williams, Richard, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…History of the chart and inbetween -- Extremes and breakdowns -- Keys -- Three ways to animate -- Testing, testing, testing -- The X-sheet -- Came the dawn -- The best numbering system -- The great ones and twos battles -- The top and bottom pegs battle -- More on spacing. …”


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Drugs : from discovery to approval by Ng, Rick

Table of Contents: “…Pharmacodynamics -- Pharmacokinetics -- Toxicology -- Animal tests, in-vitro assays, and in-silico methods -- Formulations and delivery systems -- Nanotechnology.…”


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Legally blonde 1 & 2.

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Reproductive and developmental toxicology

Table of Contents: “…Hoberman -- 9. Relevance of animal testing and sensitivity of endpoints in reproductive and developmental toxicity / Efstathios Nikolaidis -- 10. …”


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Animal rights and welfare : a documentary and reference guide

Table of Contents: “…Animal welfare from Sea World to a world of rising seas -- The ethics of riding atop a wild animal in a spandex suit with loud music blaring cannot be reconciled under the banner of education or conservation / Louis Psihoyos, 2010, a hearing before the House committee on Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife -- Firsthand experience with animals is the best way to create a lasting appreciation and respect for animals / Julie Scardina, 2010, a hearing before the House committee on Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife -- This law protects both animals and free speech by focusing specifically on crush videos, which clearly have no place in our society / American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), 2010,Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act, Barack Obama -- The expected benefits for animal welfare and innovative ways of carrying out human health assessment are likely to outweigh any negative impacts / European Commission, 2013, regarding a full European Union ban on animal testing for cosmetics -- We have strengthen[ed] our ability to enforce humane handling laws at livestock slaughter facilities nationwide / New federal guidelines for the humane handling of livestock, 2013-- It is our moral responsibility to protect and preserve the diverse life forms our forefathers knew in abundance /Andrew Gulliford, 2014, High Country News (periodical) -- Many species decimated by illegal trade and other threats, such as habitat loss, are now in danger of extinction - the national strategy for combating wildlife trafficking, issued by the White House, 2014 -- Many species many not be able to keep pace with climate change ... thus leading, in some places to local extinctions of both plants and animals / U.S. …”


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