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Leading Alzheimer's Researcher:Animal Experiments Will Not Help Humans


Animals  (tags: animals, research, monkeys, torture, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife, suffering )

Cher
- 34 days ago - all-creatures.org
Because such monkey torture will not lead to improved human health, you don't need to be an animal rights advocate to wonder if an ethical cost-benefit analysis might conclude the ends just don't justify the means, especially since rapid advances in
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Gorilly Girl (371)
Sunday October 25, 2009, 1:54 pm
Boy you know how to jerk at my heartstrings dont cha....LOL Ohhhhhhhhh I just have no more words....

gorilly
 

CaroleNoEmails W. (47)
Sunday October 25, 2009, 2:45 pm
There are non-animal research methods that may help in the fight against Alzheimer's disease. My mum has dementia, and the 3 drugs available offered to her did nothing to help. In fact, 2 made her significantly worse and we had to discontinue them. The Dr Hadwen Trust is a charity funding non-animal research: http://www.drhadwentrust.org/news/alzheimers-cat-warning-not-reliable-for-human-disease
 

CaroleNoEmails W. (47)
Sunday October 25, 2009, 2:52 pm
There's 2 petitions asking for governments to give funding to non-animal research at:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Non-Animal-Based-Research

http://www.makeanimaltestinghistory.org/languages.php?ref=

 

Jaclin O. (164)
Sunday October 25, 2009, 3:14 pm
Diabolical!!!
 

Kari D. (168)
Monday October 26, 2009, 10:48 am
"Put A Stop To Laboratory Animal Testing & Help Fund More Reliable Research" petition!
# 335: 10:42 am PDT, Oct 26, Kari Dyrdahl, Minnesota
& posted both on facebook.
 
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