• Americans for Medical Progress (www.ampef.org). This site has a particularly helpful list of the advances brought about by animal research – which include virtually every medical breakthrough in this century.
  
  
• For the patients’ perspective, visit incurably ill for Animal Research, iiFAR (www.iifar.org).
  
  
• Foundation for Biomedical Research (www.fbresearch.org). This site has a detailed list of commonly asked questions, facts and myths about animal research as well as some more detailed sections such as mice and the human genome project.
  
  
• The Washington Association for Biomedical Research site (www.wabr.org) has a downloadable series of articles by Nobel Laureates describing the importance of animal research to making a difference to the men, women, and children who have diseases for which there are still no cures.
  
  
• The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science or AALAS (www.aalas.org) has a special section for kids discussing the importance of animal research and the concern for the well-being of animals with which scientists and scientific organizations do such research.
  

Does Emory conduct research involving animals?

Why use animals?

What kind of animals involved?

Where do these animals come from?

What kind of research is done?

Are animals ever used in teaching?

How does the University assure such work is done humanely?

Does the University make efforts to use alternative methods whenever possible?