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Watchdog Group Calls JHU Researchers Liars
From WMAR2News.com, February 13, 2020
New tonight a watchdog group is calling researchers at Johns Hopkins liars after a published study failed to mention the deaths of nine dogs. Stop Animal Exploitation Now or SAEN urged JHU and the journal that published the article to remove it. The study was on spinal cord stimulation to help patients with diabetes and functional dyspepsia.
Researchers performed the procedure on dogs and the journal's article mentions eight dogs were used in testing... but in a complaint filed with the national institute of health... 19 dogs were used... nine of them were paralyzed during operations and had to be euthanized.
"It appears that what they're trying to do a cover-up and ignore the deaths of these animals and exclude them from their project. They shouldn't be allowed to do that, " said Michael A. Budkie, Co-Founder, SAEN. A Johns Hopkins university spokesperson responded to the complaint by saying "We are aware of these allegations and take them very seriously. For [the] publication, the author did not disclose the issues related to this study. We are working with the author and the journal to seek appropriate corrections."
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