This is Project Animals Right To Life,  A Voice For Animals

  Many approved charities are funding medical research that does not involve animals. The research they fund is conducted using a variety of the best methods to find cures for human diseases, such as:

Epidemiological and Clinical Studies

  Studies of human populations have provided important information about the causes of many diseases, such as the relationships between cholesterol and heart disease, the mechanism of transmission of HIV, and chemical exposures and birth defects. Scientists can “see” abnormalities—and track treatment progress—in the brains of victims of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, schizophrenia, epilepsy, and brain injury- using sophisticated scanning technologies (CT, PET, and MRI). All drugs must undergo clinical testing before becoming approved; carefully crafted clinical research is the best way to determine human reactions to new drugs.

  In Vitro Research

  An enormous amount of valuable in vitro (test tube) research is conducted today. The National Disease Research Interchange provides more than 130 kinds of human tissue to scientists investigating more than 50 diseases, including cancer, diabetes, and glaucoma. Cell and tissue cultures are used to screen new therapies and to test for product safety. Genetic microarrays are being used to predict liver toxicity by measuring gene expression in human liver cells.²

  In Silico (Computer) Technologies

  Computers can often predict the toxicity of chemicals, including their potential to cause cancer or birth defects, based on the chemical’s molecular structure. Computer simulations can also predict the metabolism and distribution of chemicals in human tissues.

Safety Testing

Safety tests using human cells are more accurate than animal tests.  In the Multicenter [valuation of In Vitro Cytotoxicity (MEIC) tests, researchers evaluated

  68 different methods to predict the toxicity of 50 different chemicals. Rat LD₅o tests 68 different methods to predict the toxicity of 50 different chemicals. Rat LD₅o tests 4 (lethal dose tests) currently used were only 59 percent accurate, but a combined human cell test was 83 percent accurate in predicting actual human toxicity.