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Originally Posted by Arilynn  But Lila, what if that research found the reason monkeys can be HIV+ and not develop AIDS and that lead to some protection for humans? It is my understanding that this is the point of a lot of this research. There was a New Yorker article on it last year - other primates have different...forgetting the word...genetic things that prevent HIV from developing into AIDS. There is now work on seeing whether this can be of use to humans.
I am a huge animal lover and eat only vegan when it is stuff I make just for me. But I think some animal experimentation is necessary, even if it would make me sick to see it. |
Maybe you're right, but as I understood it. They did, to be able to test aids vaccine. And a few years ago, a woman scientist won the Nobel prize for testing in onions.
Found some links about the doctors that was against animal testing because it wasn't safe for humans:
http://www.lobsa.org/Doctors_Speak_O...al_Testing.htm http://www.ohsukillsprimates.com/against.htm http://www.buzzle.com/articles/argum...l-testing.html http://www.dlrm.org/ http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/online/research/dav.html
If they are to test on animals, they shouldn't just do it out of habit, just because they are curious or because the always had.