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  2. Mar 6, 2026
“35 Years of Dead-End Experiments”—Doctors Group, Sen. Polehanki Protest Wayne State Dog Experiments at Crucial Moment

DETROIT, Mich.—Wayne State University is home to the country’s oldest government-funded dog experiments, first started in 1991. But with the National Institutes of Health grant set to expire at the end of this month and new leadership at Wayne State, a nonprofit medical ethics group and state senator think now is the perfect time for change.