resolved that animal testing or experimentation should be practiced for the treatment of human diseases?
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Well, in my personal opinion this must be done in order to find the cure for some diseases but sometimes this is a waste of time and animals that were killed unnecessary because the animal body and blood is not the same as human’s, so we should experiment on humans that accept voluntary the experimentation…….
Yes, of course. Its not really a debate for anyone other than a few crazy zealots.
That being said, I think almost all would agree that efforts to minimize needed testing and minimizing pain is also what our society should want, expect, and demand.
Definitely. 20,000 people die of cancer alone every day. Without animal testing, the studies into cures and treatments would stop. That would be cruel.
Animal testing isn’t perfect, but it’s usually the best of our options in the lab. Sure, we can grow some human skin cells and rub a drug on them to see if it causes skin irritation, but there are drugs that are absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream and end up causing kidney damage. To spot that sort of thing we need a whole, living system.
And animal cruelty happens, but it’s not allowed or condoned. Before a scientist can even begin an experiment that involves animals, he or she must submit a plan to his/her organization’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). The researchers have to prove that 1. the animals will be given reasonable care and comfort (like giving mice tubes or other enrichment objects to play with) and that 2. the experiment’s potential benefits will be worth any pain that the animals feel. I have provided a link to the NIH guide for the use of laboratory animals.
Scientists don’t test on animals because they want to hurt them. They test on animals because they want to help human patients–and that’s not counting all the veterinary treatments that have been adapted from animal studies meant for human treatments. Whenever a better and more reliable system comes up, scientists will adopt it. However most of the “alternatives” that you’ll hear about from animal rights groups are just spin.
There’s been only one good substitute for animal testing in recent years: The MIMIC system allows immunologists to bypass certain kinds of animal testing (they still have to perform others). As a plus, it is also faster and more accurate. However, it’s only useful for developing vaccines.