People for Reason
and Science in Medicine (PRISM)
April 2016
[NOTE: Please also read Crude monkey tests slowing down progress for Parkinson’s]
Since 2000 the Michael J. Fox Foundation has spent over $149 million dollars to fund PD research, much of that being animal experimentation which has nothing whatsoever to do with finding treatments for people with PD. Since every species has its own unique metabolism, bio-chemistry, genetic make-up and physiology, any experiments or drug testing perpetrated on animals is completely irrelevant to human beings.
A virus cocktail is injected into the monkeys’ brains forcing them to live with brain damage and unspeakable pain until they are killed by the vivisectors.
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is caused by degeneration of a specific part of the brain found in the basal ganglia and is the 14th leading killer in the United States. Some of the environmental factors which may be associated with PD are pesticides, industrial carcinogens which build up in animal fat, nitrites found in cured meat, and dairy products which contain neurotoxic chemicals. These chemicals can accumulate in the brain over a long period of time and have been found in the brains of those with PD during autopsy.
In 2012, The Michael J. Fox Foundation had assets of over $38 million. The yearly salary of CEO Tod Sherer was $445,616 and the salary of co-founder and executive vice president Deborah Brooks was $510,000. Since 2000 the Michael J. Fox Foundation has spent over $149 million dollars to fund PD research, much of that being animal experimentation which has nothing whatsoever to do with finding treatments for people with PD. Since every species has its own unique metabolism, bio-chemistry, genetic make-up and physiology, any experiments or drug testing perpetrated on animals is completely irrelevant to human beings. Marmoset monkeys are the PD vivisectors’ victims of choice.
A few examples of the many experiments inflicted on them include the following...
By Cure Parkinson’s Trust - A UK charity which fundraises in the U.S.
By The Michael J. Fox Foundation
The vivisectors funded by The Michael J. Fox Foundation promise that “cures” will come from their cruel and useless experiments on animals which the vivisectors themselves know are fraudulent.
Fundamental Problems of Using Animals in PD “Research”
Methods of Identifying PD
Treatment of PD
The most common treatment for PD is Sinemet, a combination of carbadopa and evodopa, which converts to dopamine in the brain. Side effects include worsening tremors, painful urination, seizures, hallucinations, confusion, depression, suicidal thoughts, unusual behavior, extreme high or low blood pressure and gastrointestinal bleeding.
Dr. Alim-Louis Benabid of France, after performing clinical studies of humans, developed an effective surgery called deep brain stimulation for treatment of Parkinson’s by using electrical stimulation on the subthalmus of the brain. Nevertheless, vivisectors insisted on becoming part of the process by performing electrical stimulation experiments on animals whose brains in no way correspond to human brains and taking credit for perfecting the procedure. Dr. Benabid received an award from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for his breakthrough but even so, the foundation continues to fund irrelevant, barbaric animal experiments that are a complete waste of their time and money.Alternative Therapies and Prevention
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