IS IT ETHICAL AND USEFUL TO USE ANIMALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION?
London, Edythe. "Why I Use Animals in My Research." Los Angeles Times 01 011 2007: n.p.. SIRS knowledge. Proquest. Edina Library. 8 Dec 2008
Edythe London is a scientist at UCLA who uses animals in her research. She is targeted by animals rights activists and highly criticized. Dr. London's research has advanced the study of substance abuse and helped come up with new approaches for brain studies. She has edited several books, and she has written over 200 original research articles. Also, she she is the author of over 60 reviews. Her largest accomplishment involves PET scanning of human subjects who suffer from addictions. London's group became famous when they were the first to prove a relationship between the activity of specific brain regions and drug cravings. She also showed that drug abusers have structural differences from normal people that highly affect their decision making. All these accomplishments are due to her use of animals for testing and research. Her work influenced other researchers to continue looking at what motivates and compels individuals to do drugs. Most recently, she and her peers have been researching the area of the brain nicotine affects and how it acts.
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