Americans for Medical Progress (AMP) is a charity that aims to protect and advocate for society's investment in medical research. As a specific goal, AMP states that it promotes "public understanding of and support for the appropriate role of animals in biomedical research so that scientists are able to continue their quest for cures and improved methods of treatment for illness, injury and disease." Although in favor of moderate animal welfare measures, the AMP is often sharply critical of more radical, anti-vivisectionist groups such as PETA and the similarly-named Americans For Medical Advancement. This article refers to the act of selfless giving, and organizations which facilitate selfless giving. ... Animal welfare is the viewpoint that some or all animals, especially those under human care, should be treated in such a way that they do not suffer unnecessarily. ... Etymologically, vivisection refers to the dissection of, or any cutting or surgery upon, a living animal. ... This article describes the SI prefix peta. ... Americans for Medical Advancement (AFMA) is a charity that aims to promote human health by exposing the risks of using animal models and by diverting money away from experimentation on animals. ...

AMP issues the Albert. B. Sabin Hero of Science Award to honor leading medical scientista and advocates of biomedical research. Past recipients have included Dr. Sabin himself, Nobel laureate Joseph E. Murray, vaccine designer Maurice Hilleman, and herceptin developer Dennis Slamon, as well as opera legend Beverly Sills, actress Barbara Barrie, and former U. S. Representatives John E. Porter and Patricia Schroeder for their support and advocacy of medical research. Albert Sabin, creator of the oral Polio vaccine. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... For the former commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, see Joseph Philip Robert Murray. ... Maurice Ralph Hilleman, (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005), was an American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed more than three dozen vaccines, more than any other scientist. ... Herceptin (or Trastuzumab) is an anti-cancer therapy that acts on the erbB2 receptor. ... Beverly Sills The coloratura soprano Beverly Sills (born May 25, 1929) was perhaps the best-known American opera singer in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman on May 23, 1931 to a Jewish family in Chicago, but raised in Texas) is an American actress and author of childrens books. ... John Edward Porter (b. ... Patricia Schroeder (born July 30, 1940), American politician, was a twelve-term Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado, serving from 1973 to 1997. ...

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When one sees them on TV, AMP spokepeople try to put the word "terrorist" in every sentence in which they utter the name of PETA, somewhat like George Bush did with Saddam Hussein and 9/11. One wonders what is their connection is to the pharmaceuticals industry.