Seriously Ill for Medical Research

About the author: Seriously Ill for Medical Research (SIMR) is an independent, voluntary patients' group formed to voice support for humane research into disabling, incurable, and progressive diseases. The organization is based in Britain.

Despite the inflammatory rhetoric of animal rights' spokespeople, the benefits of animal experimentation to humans and other animals outweigh the costs in terms of the number of animals used in research. The information garnered from experimenting on these animals has proved invaluable in treating and curing human ailments. From developing vaccines to treating Alzheimer's disease, animal research has aided doctors in countering numerous illnesses.

We are fortunate to live in a time when we no longer have to fear the many common diseases which were the main causes of childhood death only a century ago...