Essays and Musings on Animals and Society

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Colossal and Consistent Failures Using Chimpanzees to Model Human AIDS 

This article -- Research Attributes Lack Of HIV/AIDS Vaccine To Use Of Chimpanzees -- notes that all of the dozens of AIDS vaccines that worked in chimpanzees failed in humans. Both chimpanzees and human AIDS patients have suffered because of this heavy reliance on chimpanzees, which has been going on for decades. But the animal research labs have made a killing.

Labels: , ,

Posted by: Gary / 2:16 AM
Comments:
Wow... one thing that is somewhat unclear is if some are really trying to put chimps back in labs? The article sort of suggests that. Anyways, I had to blog about it, too so thanks for sharing.
# posted by Blogger Animal Rights Philosophy : 10:44 AM
 
Gary, Thanks for continuing to blog about vivisection, which is so much less visible than other forms of animal abuse and exploitation.
# posted by Anonymous pattricejones : 2:09 PM
 
Post a Comment

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?