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Erik Ramsey has spent the last eight years of his life with complete paralysis of the body, except for the control of eye movement. He suffered a stroke brainstem after a car accident when he was 16, leaving him with “locked-in” syndrome.

This condition is not the same as other forms of paralysis where you feel nothing, in the affected areas. Ramsey has 100 percent of sensation all over the body. An itch can become excruciating without any means of communication they need, he scratched. He frequently and muscle spasms, which …

The government has promised to double funding to reduce and replace the use of animals in scientific research, revealed today. Funding will grow more than 5 000 000 £ during 2010-11.

Use of animals in medical research has contributed immensely in almost every major medical breakthroughs. An estimated 50 to 100 million animals are used annually for research purposes around the world in various research organizations, including universities, medical schools, pharmaceutical industries, biotechnology companies, the defense and commercial institutions that provide test animals.
The money is for the National Center for the …