Animal experimentation defended

From my colleagues at the University of Michigan I bring cordial greetings to our friends and hosts in ARTEM and the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, and associated organizations. The intellectual objectives, and the methods of humane inquiry, for researchers on all continents are in essential harmony; I take this opportunity to express satisfaction in our mutual support. My remarks regarding the use of animals as subjects in biomedical experiments are presented under four headings.