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New Graduate Course Provides Fully Animal-Free Biology Education

Researchers developed and successfully piloted a graduate-level laboratory course using fully animal-free materials and ...
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New Poll: Most Americans Think Plant-Based Meals and Nondairy Milk Alternatives Should Be Available in Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C.—This National School Lunch Week, Oct. 13-17, a new Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine/Morning Consult poll finds that 67% of U.S. adults think that students should have ...
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Advancing Human-Relevant Science: Physicians Committee Perspective From the 2025 SACATM Meeting

Physicians Committee scientists recently participated in the NIH Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological ...
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Vegan Diet Helps People With Type 1 Diabetes Cut Insulin Costs by 27%

A low-fat vegan diet that doesn’t limit calories or carbohydrates could help people with type 1 diabetes reduce insulin use ...
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Fresh Evidence Presented to Court: Macalester College Misleads, Pressures Students about Animal Use

In a filing in Hennepin County Court, Oct. 10, 2025, Dr. Neal Barnard has presented fresh evidence that Macalester College’s ...
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Career Opportunities

The Physicians Committee provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Physicians Committee does not unlawfully discriminate based on actual or perceived race, color, ...
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The Physicians Committee Recommends the NIH Fund Human-Based Research Infrastructure

Physicians Committee experts submitted a public comment to the NIH recommending measures to ensure effective implementation ...
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Mission Critical With Neal Barnard, MD

Don't miss this episode of the Physicians Committee's Mission Critical update from Friday, Oct. 17. Physicians Committee President Neal Barnard, MD, brought us the latest news from our type 2 diabetes ...
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Human-Based Brain Organoids Replicate Key Processes of Learning and Memory

Study in a Sentence: Brain organoids derived from human cells demonstrate complex neuronal networks that can mimic the genetic activity linked to learning and memory. Healthy for Humans: The human ...
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Nutrition Education for Medical Students

We offer Lunch and Learns in medical and nursing schools across the United States and worldwide to bring plant-based education to your institution. The most common lecture topics include diabetes ...
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Shining a Light on Animal Use in Laboratories: Physicians Committee Hosts Congressional Briefing on the Federal Animal Research Accountability Act (H.R. 3295)

How many animals are used in taxpayer-funded experiments every year? The truth is, no one knows. Estimates range from 10 million to 110 million, but the federal government doesn’t collect accurate ...