t, John Cade once asked what might be wrong in brains of patients with manic-depressive illnesses and he tested his hypothesis on a guinea pig. In the process Cade discovered a relief to the illness that thousands suffered from (Goodwin 22-28). Work with lab animals has opened a whole new productive area for brain research. Edward Taub, a neuroscientist, investigated how monkeys perform complex tasks with certain nerve pathways in their arms severed. The work was the basis for development of improved methods for stroke rehabilitation (Goodwin 22-28). But because of animal rights activists he was eventually charged with cruelty to animals. The conviction was overturned by appeal when the court ruled that state statutes did not apply to research done under a federal program (Williams 60-67). Many scientist have been asked if the latest treatments could have been developed without animal research, and scientist say absolutely not. Among other such studies, animals help doctors determine what constitutes as a safe dose for a drug before trying it out on people (Gorman 53).
             There is a consensus within the medical and scientific community on the need to use animals, and every credible and independent organization, from the Medical Research Council to the Royal Society agrees because over 70 percent of Nobel Prizes in medicine have involved animal
             Although the use of animals has time and time again proved successful, the Animal Rights activists hold the delays or misinterpretations, the use of animals has cause in research, against scientists. Such instances of this are when Alexander Fleming was trying to prove penicillin's effectiveness in infections. Initially he noticed penicillin&apos
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