From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Tue Mar 17 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.wli.net!news-peer-west.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!ns.dot.net.au!not-for-mail From: Geoff Heyes Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: animal experiments Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:54:05 -0800 Organization: Dot Communications Ltd, Australia, +612 9281-1111 Lines: 67 Message-ID: <350EC6CD.C0210DE3@f1.net.au> Reply-To: geoffhys@f1.net.au NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-010.f1.net.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------029ACCF5755EA21AA5FD8E6C" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------029ACCF5755EA21AA5FD8E6C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit According to the ARDF (Alternatives Research and Development Foundation): "Since their inception 1902 2/3rds of the Nobel prizes in physiology and medicine went to projects that primarily or entirely used alternative techniques. 1995 Tufts University study found use of animals in laboratories in the Western world has declined nearly 50% in the last decade. "All significant advances related to such diseases as AIDS Alzheimer's disease and cancer have come form the use of alternatives. " Adoption of in vitro screening methods by the National Cancer Institute replaced millions of animals in their laboratories. To help achieve "Progress without pain" call 1-800-SAY-AAVS -- advert My Homepage: Human-Animal Ethics and the Vegetarian
 
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