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When animal rights turns ugly

Despite tightened legislation against animal rights extremism, activists are increasing attacks on academics and researchers in big pharma. How much of a threat do they pose to researchers working in biotech? Brady Huggett investigates.

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Figure 1: Target breakdown of 182 animal rights illegal incidents (2006–April 2008).
Figure 2: Total animal rights illegal incidents, 1981–2007.

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When animal rights turns ugly. Nat Biotechnol 26, 603–605 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0608-603

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