Jogging Pigs Aid Human Heart Research
In San Diego pigs run 25 miles weekly on a treadmill to help doctors determine safe jogging levels for humans. J Colin Bloor of UC San Diego Pathology explains pigs are ideal due to similar cardiovascular systems.
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National Institutes of Health
Doctors Discuss Medicare Fraud and Pig Heart Research
Two New York doctors discuss Medicare fraud amid a Senate subcommittee hearing while researchers at UCSD study pigs to model human heart disease and exercise response. The NIH funded five year project aims to define safe exercise limits and heart vessel disease progression.
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Nighttime Safari Thrills San Diego Wild Animal Park
San Diego Wild Animal Park offers a nighttime monorail safari through its 1,800 acre preserve guiding visitors past free roaming 2,200 animals of 186 species with amber lighting. The park reports 78 percent survival and successful reproduction of 14 endangered species, while supplying animals to other institutions. Nairobi Village entrance features African exhibits, shops, a giant aviary, gorilla grotto, and Kilimanjaro Trail.
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James Dolan
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