animal testing

... But however, a middle ground must be established that to avoid cruel and unnecessary abuse of animals while accepting in biomedical research (Gannon, 2007). Throughout history, animal testing has allowed researchers to discover a plenty of new drugs, advantage and treatments. Many of these experimentations have directly resulted in curing illnesses and diseases; In other word ... side of Animal Testing Animals undergoing testing can be subjected to torture and suffering. Experimentation is often caused laboratory animal die in the process of animal testing, but however, some animals may...

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... of discoveries and technologies that have been attributed to work with animals, such as surgical techniques, diagnostic procedures, and medical treatments. Techniques for cardiac catheterization and laproscopic surgery were found. Animal testing brought about treatments for rabies, smallpox, diabetes, anthrax, rickets, rheumatoid arthritis, whopping cough, and even leprosy. It led to preventions for tetanus, diphtheria, polio, rubella, and ... in modern anesthesia, anticoagulants, antibiotics, open-heart surgery, cancer chemotherapy, and gene therapy for cystic fibrosis. All of these me...

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... new cosmetic products to be brought into the market; there must already be enough shampoos to choose from. Animal testing in many cases can yield false and misleading results. Lastly animal testing is out-dated there has been many technological advancements to displace these activities. One way to end this complication ... having toxins injected into them to having their skin burnt off. Ten percent of the animals tested are not even administered with painkillers. Cosmetic animal testing takes up one fourth of the animals used in experiments. There is no reason why animals should have to ...

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... the great numbers of animals that have suffered serious damage during the process of experimentation and are unable to understand the actual laboratory procedures and techniques that go into testing cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Animal testing is an unnecessarily cruel and inaccurate process that should not be used to test cosmetic products and new drugs today. People may argue that using animals in scientific ... the results of a human's body temperature reacting to the fluoride(Science"). Many people do not see these tests as cruel and unusual in the United States, because they know a...

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... , household products, food, and basically everything involved in the life of an average person has to under go a form of testing before it is legal to be placed on a shelf and available to the public. The FDA requires animal testing on pharmaceuticals and other products. The same tests are performed on every medical procedure that is introduced to surgeons. Since the only way ... does not outweigh the costs when alternatives are available. Others argue that those alternatives are not effective. On their website PETA states, "Animal Experimentation: Sadistic Scandal".(9) Members of PETA p...

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... not right to stop researching of animals which we know will further scientific knowledge and result in medical breakthroughs that can prolong or save human lives. B. Opponents of animal testing argue that in many cases, animal studies could be replaced by in vitro research, clinical research (studies of human patients) and computer programs that simulate biological responses. They argue that because animals differ ... always tell researchers how a living system will react to a treatment. "Even the most sophisticated technology cannot mimic the complicated interactions among cells, tissu...

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... by inhumane practices and motivated by the pure selfless desire to better the human condition (Goodwin 217). There are six main reasons for animal testing. First, animals have a much simpler life span than humans. This means that they are less complicated. They are less complicated ... reason is that one can use animals as models for human systems and their responses. Humans are animals, in a sense. If something works in animal testing, there is a good chance that is may work in humans (Hoagland 111). In sum, animals resembled humans to varying degrees according to species ... animals, ...

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... immoral. However, there are laws in place to minimize discomfort and inhumane treatment. The laws limit the amount of distress and pain an animal is subjected to. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the body that governs animal testing, must approve all tests (United States Department of Agriculture 2). The USDA must also authorize the numbers and types of animals experimented on (United ... was discovered that Procter and Gamble had performed experiments on 300 guinea pigs when the data the tests was to obtain was already available ("Animal Testing by the Cosmetic Indus...

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... immoral. However, there are laws in place to minimize discomfort and inhumane treatment. The laws limit the amount of distress and pain an animal is subjected to. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the body that governs animal testing, must approve all tests (United States Department of Agriculture 2). The USDA must also authorize the numbers and types of animals experimented on (United ... was discovered that Procter and Gamble had performed experiments on 300 guinea pigs when the data the tests was to obtain was already available ("Animal Testing by the Cosmetic Indus...

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... society with the best medical breakthroughs to improve our lives. I will explain what products are tested on animals and what test are conducted and their benefits, what alternatives are to animal testing and their problems, and the concept of Replacement, Reduction and refinement. There are many products and chemicals that are tested on animals for safety purposes. These include drugs, vaccines, cosmetics ... American Heart Association the decline of death rates from heart disease since the 1960's is a result of new methods of treatment. Many of the treatments are based on data from an...

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