tting and Morrison 1997, para 6). The creation
             of antibiotic therapies and antibacterial drugs has been largely due to animal
             research. Scientists successfully synthesized sulfanilamide and other
             sulfonamide drugs to help fight infection. The German scientist Gerhard
             Domagk won the Nobel Prize in 1939 for his studies of sulfa drugs. His
             discovery of their efficacy largely relied on studies of the drug's effect on mice
             The advances that have been made in diabetes research, hypertension
             treatment, anti-ulcer drug development, open heart surgery, and organ
             transplants are, according to proponents of animal experimentation, due to
             use of animals in the research laboratory (Botting and Morrison 1997, para. 15).
             A common misconception of animal rights activists, say Botting and
             Morrison, is that there are fundamental differences between humans and
             animals. In reality, there are no basic differences in the physiology of lab animals
             and humans. Both control their internal biochemistry by releasing endocrine
             hormones that are all essentially the same. Additionally, Botting and Morrison
             say that the criticisms that animal models of disease are not identical to humans
             are unjust. For example, though cystic fibrosis in mice may not exactly mimic
             the human condition (which varies considerably among patients anyway), it
             does provide a way to establish the optimal method of administering gene
             therapy to cure the disease (1997, paras. 18, 19)
             Many animal rights activists also insist that there is mistreatment of
             animals that are used for research. In a position paper regarding animal
             testing in FDA regulated products, the FDA states the following: The FDA supports
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