Gillian Rose Langley was born on 10 August 1952 and is a British scientist and writer who specialises in alternatives to animal testing and animal rights.
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Gill Langley was, from 1981 until 2009, the science director of the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research, a medical research charity developing non-animal research techniques.
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Gill Langley was an anti-vivisection member of the British government's Animal Procedures Committee for eight years, and has worked as a consultant on non-animal techniques for the European Commission, and for animal protection organizations in Europe and the United States.
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Gill Langley has published articles and reviews in scientific journals about human species-specific research approaches.
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Gill Langley obtained an MA in physiology, cell biology, and zoology at the University of Cambridge, then earned her PhD in neurochemistry, from Cambridge.
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Gill Langley took up a position as a research fellow at the University of Nottingham, specialising in neurochemistry using human cell cultures.
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Gill Langley was trained as an animal researcher but after reading Peter Singer's Animal Liberation she became a vegan and an animal rights activist, and campaigned professionally against animal experiments.
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Gill Langley was a member of the Animal Procedures Committee for eight years, which advises the British Home Office on issues related to animal testing, and has acted as an advisor to the government on the introduction of the new European Union chemicals legislation, REACH.
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Gill Langley has served as a specialist consultant for the European Commission and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Gill Langley was called as an expert witness in 2001 by the House of Lords Select Committee on Animals in Scientific Procedures during its inquiry into animal experimentation in the UK.
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Gill Langley has campaigned against the use of non-human primates in xenotransplantation, where pig organs were grafted onto the necks of primates to test anti-rejection drugs.