Author: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine

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Federal guidance on nutrition and diet is intended to reflect the state of the science and deliver the most reliable recommendations possible accor...

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The obligation to treat animals used in research ethically and humanely extends beyond their lives in the laboratory to include their transportatio...

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