After 25 years and nearly a billion dollars of research, there are still 110 women dying from breast cancer every day. Much of that money has been spent on unreliable and cruel research conducted on animals. In addition to subjecting animals to unimaginably painful, invasive experiments, animal testing doesn't work because of the significant physiological differences between animals and humans -- over 90 percent of drugs that pass animal tests fail to work in humans.

Progressive non-animal research such as in vitro cell and tissue cultures, microfluidic circuits, computer modeling, microdosing and epidemiological studies have proven that animal research is outdated and ineffective. By refocusing attention from animal models to human-centered research, we can get closer to a cure, as well as learning critical information about how breast cancer starts in women and what can be done to minimize environmental and genetic risk factors.

Nineteen breast cancer charities have received the Council on Humane Giving's Humane Charity Seal of Approval for their dedication to non-animal methods. The Breast Cancer Research Foundation isn't on the list. Tell them to stop funding animal research and join the humane race to stop breast cancer.

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