Matt Labash’s report “ACT-UP vs. PETA: Clash of the Titans” (July 8 & 15) is an amusing portrait of two radical groups pouncing on each other. But Labash rightly portrays ACT-UP as in this instance on the side of the angels, or at least on the side of the humans. Advances in medical research, based in part on animal experimentation, have safeguarded the blood supply available for transfusions and have dramatically lowered the infection rate of infants born to HIV-infected mothers. Without continued research — without animal research — a vaccine for HIV and cures for AIDS and many other illnesses will be impossible.
STEPHEN HEINIG, GAITHERSBURG, MD
