Animal Experimentation The Pros & Cons

Benefits of Animal Research Penicillin *Mice Tuberculosis Medicine *Guinea Pigs Kidney Transplants *Dogs & Cats Blood Transfusions *Dogs Meningitis Vaccine *Mice Breast Cancer Treatments *Mice, Rats, & Dogs Asthma inhalers *Guinea Pigs & Rabbits Insulin for Diabetics *Dogs Polio Vaccine *Mice Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease *Monkeys

Just a few other Benefits… Cervical Cancer Antibodies Modern Anesthetics Tetanus Vaccine Diphtheria Vaccine Anticoagulants Streptomycin Kidney Dialysis Whooping cough Vaccine Heart Lung Machine Hip Replacements Cardiac Pacemakers High Blood Pressure Medicines Replacements of Heart Valves MRI Scanning for Improved Diagnosis Prenatal Corticosteroids for Premature Babies Treatment for River Blindness Life Support for premature Babies Medicines to Control Transplant Rejection Hepatitis B Vaccine Leprosy Treatment Oral & Inhaled Insulin for Type I Diabetes Angiogenesis inhibitors for Cancer & Blindness Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy Alzheimer’s Vaccine Vaccine for Anthrax Rabies Vaccine Typhoid Vaccine Cholera Vaccine Treatment for Beriberi Treatment for Rickets Corneal Transplants Local Anesthetics Discovery of Vitamin C Canine Distemper Vaccine Bypass Operation Measles Vaccine German Measles Vaccine MMR Vaccine Antidepressants & Antipsychotics CT Scanning for improved diagnosing Chemotherapy for Leukemia Medication for Type II Diabetes Cervical Cancer Antibodies Bird Flu Vaccine Malaria Vaccine Medicines to treat ulcers Inhaled Asthma Medication Combined therapy for HIV infection

US Yearly Benefit of Animal Research 450,000 Prescription for Anabolic (Growth) Hormones 520,000 Heart Bypass Operations 1,500,000 Prescribed for Erythroretin (for Anemia) 34,000,000 Anticoagulants dispensed 95,000,000 Prescriptions for Asthma

What Animal Research is to Science: Crucial to Medical Progress Irreplaceable Strictly Regulated (3 R’s)

The 3 R’s Replacement: -In-Vitro testing -Computer modeling Refinement: -Better living conditions for animals -Minimizing pain whenever possible -Better training for Animal Technicians Replacement: -In-Vitro testing -Computer modeling -MRI Scanning -Micro Dosing Reduction: -Re-evaluation minimum numbers of animals for statistical significance -Methods of allowing multiple procedures on single animals -Better designed experiments to reduce numbers.

The Argument Against Animal Research…

Cruel and unusual torturing of the animals Cruel and unusual torturing of the animals. The rights of the animals are being abused/denied. There are so many practical alternatives that are available, so animals don’t have to be sacrificed.

Experiments on animals: Switch to a better way…

Alternatives to Animal Experimentation… The development of a synthetic cellular tissue that closely resembles human skin to test on. In Vitro Testing The use of a product called Eyetex. This is a synthetic material that turns opaque when a product damages it, closely resembling the way that a real eye reacts to harmful substances. MRI Scanning Micro Dosing Human Patient & Computer simulators

Utilitarianism…

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