When finally resumed two years later, this research led to the use of AZT in humans to block HIV transmission from mother to newborn. The life of an ant and that of my child should be granted equal consideration. In no case are animal studies the foundation of progress. This includes the March of Dimes, which is concerned with prenatal health as well as the prevention of birth defects, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, the Arthritis Foundation and the American Diabetes Association, along with dozens of other health research advocacy organizations. This summer, the Animal Liberation Front broke into the laboratory of a Cornell University professor and released dozens of woodchucks into the wild.
Woodchucks are ideal laboratory animals in which to study liver cancer and hepatitis.
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