Since 2000, around 16 million in government funds have gone to Wayne State University, or WSU, for animal research, specifically for experiments that use dogs to attempt to simulate or replicate cardiovascular conditions in humans. However, Wayne State’s methods of research have concerned Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, who aims to file a lawsuit against WSU. These dogs are used to simulate cardiovascular conditions. For example, “The dogs have the blood flow to their kidneys obstructed to create hypertension.”
Animal testing is a subject that has been deemed controversial for quite a long time now, and is still argued today. Now, you'll see many companies breaking from this animal testing, and making vegan products and selling almost just as well. Just listening to the word,"Animal testing" automatically makes you think of something horrible and inhumane, but there are reasons that it isn't. California Biomedical Research Association says that almost every medical breakthrough within the last 100 years has been derived from animal testing. Animals, especially those that have extremely similar DNA to ours, have been exceptionally helpful in medical research.
Take a look in the mirror. Does a rabbit look like you or me? Does a mouse look like you and me? How about a dog or cat; do they look like us? No, they do not.
These tests done to animals have improved the lives of many humans who would have suffered greatly. The testing of laboratory animals is an acceptable form of medical research. Today laboratory animal testing has come a long way but the animals are animals treated cruelly in testing, that is why the welfare
New studies are being published on the ethical failings of researchers to adequately represent data in a variety of contexts. This could have serious implications for the veracity of certain information germane to deliberations on whether or not studies should progress to the next stage, among other things. One new American study, for example, has found that placebo groups are used often in clinical trials despite a lack of appropriate guidelines for how they can be used, and the study shows how problematic that is. Meanwhile, a German and Canadian study is showing what is perhaps an even bigger deal, which is that inadequacies in the designs of animal studies as well as insufficient reporting of said studies are proving to be a circumvention
2.0 Body Content 2.1 Reduction A way of justifying animal testing is to reduce the number of animals involved in animal testing. In 1970s, 5.5 million of various animals including chimpanzees, dogs, mice, rabbits, monkeys etc. are involve in the medical research field as test subjects for various experiments (PETA, 2014). However, some experiments were not beneficial to the development of the medical field but cost over a million dollar. In the United States of America, 16 billion dollars had been used on animal experimentation- 1.9 million dollars are used on the experimenting on heart diseases on dogs conducted by Ohio State University, 5 million dollars were used on obesity experiments conducted by Oregon National Primate Research Centre, while 16 million dollars were used by Harvard University to fund 1200 individual experiments on drug addiction by using monkeys as test subjects. Although animals were sacrificed in the experiments, most experiments did not reach its goal due to flaws causing a waste of life (Grant, 2013; Peta, 2014).
Considering the external validity in terms of using rats and mice are harder to generalize to humans than say chimps I would say that it does make a difference. Ask most people and I think you would find that experimenting on rats as opposed to chimps is a long leap ethically. Although both are mammals I believe that the closer the animal’s mind comes to the human mind the more ethical concerns are raised, even though the closer correlation would make them more generalizable. I would have to say that I did not have any strong opinions on the ethical nature of animal research, so other than informative the statistic did not impact me one way or the other.
Animal research has contributed to thousands of new health discoveries in our lives, and “Despite claims by animal rights activists, it is undeniable that animal-based research has contributed to significant improvement in the length and quality of our lives.” (Hunnicut). One reason that animal testing is so effective is because of the several similarities between a human body and an animal
Animal research, a debate for animal rights. Several experts believe the idea valid to debate, while numerous deem the idea absurd. Richard L. Cupp Jr., professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law, states in his article,¨Animal Cruelty Laws Don't Depend on Animal Rights,¨ that,¨ Rather than focusing on rights for cats and dogs, we should focus on human moral responsibility.¨ People are arguing that we should give animals personhood. ¨Biomedical researchers must study laboratory animals to discover new medicines and therapies, and deem them safe and effective,¨ says Frankie Trull, president of the National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR). She says this, stating that without animal research, there would be no cure for
Supporters of animal experimentation argue in favor of the important role testing on animals plays to medical advancement. Advancements in the treatments of many diseases have occurred thanks to animal experimentation, including “...understanding the pathogenesis of periodontitis. This new information has been made from… animal experiments… some cases are directly applicable for the problems of treating humans with periodontitis” (Pal 3). Periodontitis, a gum infection that can damage and even destroy the jawbone, is found in both humans and animals, so researchers conducted experiments on animals with the disease to find better treatments, cures, and ways to prevent it. If they had not tested on animals with this disease, the cures and treatments
Then again, medical examinations involving animal testing have greatly improved the health being of humans. Surgical methods and medications nowadays would not be discovered if it was not for the understanding of the diseases and how the body works. This can be approached by using animal testing. Animal experimentation has contributed to the abundance of medication we now have in the palm of our hands. For instance, we have treatments for asthma, high blood pressure, and diabetes which were all discovered using animal testing.
Pros According to The California Biomedical Research Association, most of the advancements in medicine in the last 100 years have been because of animal testing. (Should animals be, 2014) In this way, we can assume that animal research is a big factor in the way our medical system works and how we prevent and eliminate disease. Testing on animals not only
Few can argue against animal research when it comes to assistance for medical advancement. However, with advancement of medicine, the ethical treatment of animals may be sacrificed. In the city of Detroit, Wayne State University is under investigation for cruel and unusual methods to their animal testing. Wayne State University has been using dogs for cardiovascular research. Therefore, they are mainly on a treadmill for most of the day and “sometimes they’re so tired they can’t even eat — they’re listless, then the dogs are all eventually euthanized if they don’t die on the treadmill or in their cage later.”
Animals are used for research in today's society, this research is growing bigger and bigger as the years go by. There is many different view points on animal research both good and bad, There is many different outlooks and view points on animal research that have people wondering if it should be allowed or illegal. Scientists use this for their own benefits and money, while the outsiders are looking in and think it is cruel. In 2011, over 1,000 biochemist scientists were polled, 90% of these agreed that animal research was good to use.
Leukemia used to be a death sentence with a survival rate of 4%, but now, because of testing, there is an 80% chance of survival. These odds are much more pleasant than the ones before research. People have gotten help for many diseases because of the research and testing done on animals. Not only does testing help humans, it also leads to developing life saving medical treatments for animals as well.
