“To not do animal testing would mean that we would not be able to bring treatments and interventions and cures in a timely way. And what that means is people would die.”

—STUART ZOLA, scientist at Emory University, explaining that not doing animal research would be unethical. Zola and other researchers who are or have been involved in animal research spoke to a symposium at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C. [via AFP]

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