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  • Texas Research Facility Baboons Escaped from Was Investigated for Animal Abuse

    HSUS Vice President of Animal Research Issues Kathleen Conlee told Newsweek that "there has been a history of animal welfare violations" at the federally-funded Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, where baboons were able to escape from their enclosure on Saturday by rolling a…

  • Port San Antonio's interim CEO pursuing big changes to what it's purusing

    That vision, Perschbach said, is positioning Port San Antonio as a convener of technology that can be shared among several of the city's key industries — including aerospace, cybersecurity, biomedical, energy and manufacturing. “San Antonio doesn't need to be the next Silicon Valley or the next…

  • 10 Things to Know for Today

    Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHO SECRETLY MET WITH KIM JONG UN. CIA Director Mike Pompeo recently traveled to North Korea, sources tell AP, a highly unusual visit as Washington and Pyongyang prepare for a first-ever…

  • Going deep to study exercise's molecular nitty-gritty

    ... to learn which molecules change in our bodies after exercise and which molecules transmit the benefits to the organs and tissues that aren't directly involved in physical activity," said Dr. Tuomo Rankinen, an associate professor at Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research…

  • Baboons break out of research facility briefly

    The facility was Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) that is part of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio. The facility holds around 2,500 animals for research and this includes 1,100 baboons as well. These baboons are all part of experiments on heart disease,…