Research done on animals has caused medical leaps in discovering information about medicine, biology, and psychology. Testing on animals can inform people on the effects of environmental dangers such as pollution or radiation. The animals that are tested on usually have similar inner anatomy as humans but are different in some aspects, which can vary the results of testing. This makes the results useless and the animal then dies for nothing(animal rights). Many people may think the food they eat are killed humanely.
Animal Testing has been a very controversial topic for decades. Throughout history, animal testing has played a major role in leading to many new medicines and discoveries. Most of the world participates in these experiments, with the aims of achieving the most modern technologies. Animal testing needs to be continued to advance our science and medicines, and to continue to save millions of lives.
According to research, animals are biologically similar to humans since they have a shorter lifespan which means they can be studied throughout their whole lifespan (California Biomedical Research Association). To put it differently, experimenting on animals, allows researchers to see the effects of certain factor so they are able to collect more data on it and understand it to find a cure. So as it's shown, experimenting on animals is helpful for the diagnosis and cure of disease and illnesses that affect humans and even animals. Additionally,animals experimentation can be used to determine the safety of products, for the consumer, workforce,and environment (Animal Research, 2011). To put it differently, animal testing serves as a way to check if a product is safe or not.
As an animal owner myself, testing on animals has always been a topic on my mind but I did not know much about it other then the fact that it hurt animals most of the time. At first I was against animal testing but after research my position has changed. Animal testing began in about 500 B.C. and has continued to this day but has increased and advanced more then ever before. New vaccines and cures for diseases have been created and have save many lives.
Rats, for example, have DNA that very closely resembles ours, which makes them an easy route to use for medical research and commercial products that need to be tested in order to be declared acceptable for human use. Plus, in addition, rats are not even close to be an endangered species which leaves a lot of room for us to test on them. Experiments in which dogs had their pancreas's removed led directly to the discovery of insulin, critical to saving the lives of diabetics, and the dogs lived. " Animal research has also contributed to major advances in understanding and treating conditions such as breast cancer, brain
Although most research does not involve a deadly disease it often involves stress which animals are capable of experiencing. Animal testing has allowed scientists to view how animals would react to a certain chemical to create specific treatments. In recent years, the practice of using animals for biomedical research has come under severe criticism by animal protection and animal rights. Laws have been passed in several countries to make the practice more helpful. Debates on the issue of animal testing have argued since the 17th century.
Throughout each year in the United States, 26 million animals are used in lab testing (animal-testing.procon.org). In the laboratories, chemicals, in which are used in medical facilities and used by humans, are put on animals to determine if that certain chemical is toxic and or if it is safe for humans to handle it. Most of the chemicals used for testing are chemicals that are used in everyday products such as, paint, household cleaners, or dyes. A great deal of people sees the positives on animal testing; however, there are many reasons as to why lab testing on animals should be illegal in the United States. The first reason is because countless facilities mistreat lab animals and it can be considered as animal abuse.
There were many articles full of research on the SIRS database and a list of events that related to animal testing on aboutanimaltesting.co.uk. One specific article entitled ¨Animal Research: A Necessary Measure¨ peaked my attention after listing some great benefits that come from testing on animals. According to George Radda, the Former Chief Executive of Medical Research Council, without testing on animals, it would be impossible to develop drugs or any sort of medical treatment. Radda also states that testing on animals is so advanced, that it can determine information about drug absorption, toxic side effects, dosage levels, drug metabolism, and excretion rate. This SIRS article also states that felines have tremendously contributed to the world's understanding of eye disorders.
This blog will focus on the claim that science will be at a halt if animal testing is not allowed by law to be practiced in the future. In past blogs, it was described how much animal testing occurs and how many different uses there are for it. Not only were the different uses for it detailed, but all the different types of animal testing and each ones significance and relevance toward science. Science will be halted due to the loss of the ability of researchers to conduct animal testing for a number of different reasons. When animals are tested on in laboratories, they guarantee and improve not only human health and protection, but animal and environment health and protection as well.
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.
Even though some people argument that it is not necessary, without animal testing thousands of millions of people would now be dead. Thanks to animal research we know about the effects of certain medicines in the human body, thanks to animal testing we have discovered the cure for diseases that killed people and made them and their families suffer. Animals also benefit from the testing since most human diseases also affect animals; some of the medicines
The world of medicine relies on animal testing so they can get a jump on the world’s diseases. We use monkeys to test on since they are close to us than any other animal so we test their reaction to see if it's useable on humans or not. We also use mice to do simple learning tests on how the mind works and see how thinking patterns work. We come up with vaccines to help cure the world and solve epidemics.
The first reson animal testing should be continued is so we can make new cures shore new medicines are safe. Without animal testing some medicines would have harmed humans. Animal testing is a much safer way to test these medicines before they reach humans. Animal testing has also led to some breakthroughs in medical science. Animal testing is also helping with finding some cures to Cancer and Alzheimer 's. Smith said “if animal research were prohibited, scientific advances would be hopelessly stymied” (smith).
Many people have different ideas on animal testing and if it is or is not appropriate for medical research. Many disagree, but there are some that think it’s necessary for testing to be done. Animal testing is necessary because it helps develop life saving medical treatments for not only humans, but animals, and it helps determine how medicine will react to the human body. Animal testing is appropriate for medical research because testing helps develop life saving medical treatments for humans. Without testing, scientist wouldn’t have found ways to help people with breast cancer or childhood Leukemia.
Moreover, animals are used to develop medical treatments, check the safety of any products before people can use it and in science education. Therefore, without using animals in the medical and scientific studies the products and all the medicine would be based on theory only. Furthermore, people will use something that may cause serious damages to them. Animal testing has provided many
