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54 S. Tex. L. Rev. 469 (2012-2013)
Animal Research in Medical Sciences: Seeking a Convergence of Science, Medicine, and Animal Law

handle is hein.journals/stexlr54 and id is 511 raw text is: ANIMAL RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES:
SEEKING A CONVERGENCE OF SCIENCE, MEDICINE,
AND ANIMAL LAW
JOHN J. PIPPIN*
I. INTRODUCTION           .................................  ...... 469
II. THE LAW As APPLIED TO ANIMAL RESEARCH ........           ....... 470
III. ANIMAL USE IN MEDICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH          ..............474
A. HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research.......................475
B. Stroke Research................................477
C. Neurological and Brain Research         ...................479
D. Menopausal Hormone Therapy Research..            ........483
E.   Cancer Research      ......................   .............. 488
IV. ANIMAL USE IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING.................... 496
V. WHY ANIMAL RESEARCH IS A FAILED PARADIGM AND WHAT
SHOULD BE DONE         .......................................... 504
VI. ANIMAL LAW SHOULD BETTER REFLECT ANIMAL RESEARCH
REALITIES                           ...........................................509
I. INTRODUCTION
As of April 2013, the Animal Legal Defense Fund lists 144 U.S. and
Canadian law schools that offer courses in animal law,' and 190 U.S. and
international student Animal Legal Defense Fund chapters.2 This is
remarkable growth from only nine animal law courses available at U.S. and
Canadian law schools in 2001, and the emergence of an energized animal
* M.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School; Fellow of the American College of
Cardiology; Director of Academic Affairs, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The
author thanks Aysha Z. Akhtar, M.D., M.P.H. for reviewing specific sections of this Article.
1. Animal     Law     Courses,   ANIMAL      LEGAL    DEF.     FUND,
http://aldf.org/userdata-display.php?modin=51 (last visited Apr. 21, 2013).
2. Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Chapters, ANIMAL LEGAL DEF. FUND,
http://aldf.orgluserdata.display.php?modin=62 (last visited Apr. 21, 2013).
3.  Where Should You Go to Law     School?, ANIMAL LEGAL DEF. FUND,
http://aldf.org/article.php?id=426 (last visited Apr. 21, 2013).

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