Finding cures without animal research
July 24th, 2010 by admin
Sunday’s St. Petersburg Times will feature a wonderful profile of Stella Pavlides, a Clearwater resident who founded the American Vitiligo Research Foundation in 1995 after being diagnosed with the skin disorder.
In the article, Stella explains how she was conflicted in starting the foundation because she is an animal rights advocate: “I wanted vitiligo research, but not on animals.” Fortunately, she met a researcher at the University of Florida College of Medicine who assured her that important research could be done without the use of animals. The foundation has since given more than $175,000 toward vitiligo research at UF.
Click here for a listing of health charities that do, and those that do not fund animal experimentation.