Until recently, there was no effective treatment. Because of work done in rats and mice, we now have several new treatments for this disease. All Animal Research Opponents say computer models can always be used as substitutes. They are wrong. Animal research is the only way to obtain absolutely essential information.
Humans build computers.
No human knows enough to make a computer that can duplicate a living creature, its diseases, its response to medications, or the side effects that medications might cause. Federal Law Assures Animal Protection Federal law sets strict codes for the humane treatment of animals in research and requires that review groups be established to be sure the law is followed by every research center. Government inspectors make periodic unannounced visits to animal facilities. Treating animals humanely is not only the right thing to do, it is good science. Mistreatment distorts test results and ruins years of painstaking, costly research.