Your Feb. 15 article "New team lifts veil on animal testing" reported on a creative new partnership that will accelerate discovery and development of innovative biomedical technologies and products.
However, the article failed to recognize the extremely high standards of care that govern animal research in this country - standards that are mandated through an extensive network of laws and regulations and include unannounced inspections of laboratory animal facilities by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
North Carolina's leading research institutions have spent the past 21 years educating the public through the N.C. Association for Biomedical Research about the vital role laboratory animals play in health advances benefiting humans and animals. Some 3,400 K-12 teachers from 93 North Carolina counties have attended NCABR programs at research facilities to learn about the benefits of animal research and the high standards of care that govern their use in the laboratory.
