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Comments from Dr. Shershah Syed

Written by Dr. Shershah Syed  •  November 2010 PDF Print E-mail

11-1Dr. Ray Greek wrote two articles this year for the SouthAsia magazine. The previous article “No Tail” in the July issue of the SouthAsia magazine along with this article has one thing in common: they both question the validity of animal experiment for the betterment of human health. 

Dr. Greek’s skepticism toward animal experiments is based upon pure science rather than bringing the ethical issue of animal welfare or animal rights into the equation. His work circumvents the “your child or your dog” quandary whenever a debate between the so called “animal lovers” and the “respected white-coat researchers” comes up.

Dr. Greek’s work makes one think that just as Newtonian Physics capable of describing the macroscopic world evolved into today’s Quantum Physics describing the microscopic world of quarks and strings, our current medical science can also take its lead and revisit its archaic practices that once worked in simple cases but no longer are working in today’s more complex world.
More serious readers can find in-depth reading material at his site: http://www.afma-curedisease.org/

Dr. Shershah Syed has received recognition for his work on maternal mortality in Pakistan by the Clinton Global Initiative


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