Alzheimer's Monkey

For many years, testing on chimpanzees for biological and pharmaceutical purposes in order to cure diseases has been at the center of much controversy. Running tests on these primates may seem very Inhumane to many yet over the decades it has been a pivotal part of finding cures and vaccines for very common disease. In today's society many people have become more aware of the treatment of all living things as well as more knowledgeable of science and its practices. The problem lies in the ethics an efficiency of the methods being uses today by scientists versus past results and cures. Do we need to use chimpanzees because they share so much biologically with humans? Do the results of the past allow us to keep this practice? Do governments provide

Alzheimer’s Disease is a progressive neurological disease; it often attacks the brain tissues causing memory loss of one’s identity and regular behaviors. Statistics indicates that the rate of predicted people to get Alzheimer’s will increase briskly as time goes on. There are currently no cures for such disastrous disease, but there are currently approved treatments available that can help people within the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Once the disease is too far along, deteriorated brain cells are nearly impossible to revived or regenerate without stem cells, which have not been successfully ascertain. Research and medical trials are being conducted all over the world hoping to find the starting cause of it in

The disease stem cells could fix is called Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The reason I chose this topic is because I have seen first hand how badly someone who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease is affected in their daily lives. This disease completely takes over their lives and they turn into a completely different person who can hardly function. AD is very tough on the loved ones of the person suffering from it because that person, most of the time has no idea what is going on or who their loved ones are. The memories for people with AD is completely gone and even the simplest tasks such as remembering to use the bathroom becomes difficult. The way stem cells could be feasible is because stem cell-based therapies could potentially treat

Alzheimer’s Disease has been one of the top leading causes of death in our country. It is understood that this disease is identified as an excess of the protein amyloid-ß within an increase of plaque (Seneff, Wainwright, and Mascitelli, 2010). Additionally, as the brain ages, it gets used to the inflammation and oxidative stress, so it is important to take the right amount of antioxidant micronutrients like vitamin C and vitamin E as well as anti-inflammatory macronutrients such as omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids to protect the brain from ageing (Whalley et. al, 2004). This is a devastating disease that affects most people over the age of fifty. Recently, there have been many studies done to figure out what causes this disease, if there is anything that can cure it, and how to prevent the disease. Seneff, Wainwright, and Mascitelli, believe Alzheimer’s develops with consuming too many carbohydrates, especially fructose and having a deficiency in cholesterol and dietary fats as well (2010). Whalley, Starr, and Deary have seen that poor diet, poverty, and failing health are links to developing Alzheimer’s Disease (2004). Furthermore, seeing increase in plasma homocysteine concentration increases risk of Dementia, which can result from an inadequate intake of vitamin B12/folate (Walley et. al, 2004). Additionally, Gray supports Walley’s findings and even believes having an adequate intake of vitamin B12/folate will have a positive effect on the overall health

In a study that was done called aging, demographics and memory study (ADAMS) it was found that older African Americans are two times more likely than older whites to develop Alzheimer or any other dementia. Some of the reasons that have been discovered as to why older African Americans are more common to have Alzheimer’s is because they are found to have higher rates of high blood pressure, diabetes, along with other vascular diseases. Some other factors that can affect who may end up with Alzheimer’s are lower level of education, and socioeconomic characteristics which are found to be more common in African Americans. In the health and retirement study (HRS) 80% of African Americans were found to have high blood pressure. Other risks that have been found to have increased risk of Alzheimer’s are those with lower educations, low income being below $18,000 a year, and

It is not ethical to harm any animal and one must not go against his or her morals. Scientists are often blinded by the negative effects against the animals. They are slit opened, poisoned, and tortured. Imagine being contained in an insufficient amount of area, chances are, you may often experience impaired brain development or anxious behaviors. Pre-experimentation conditions is not where it ends, animals experience harmful scenarios that occur in a laboratory. Often, animals are injected with conditions that a healthy animal may not be familiar with. Species of all kinds experience psychological reactions from drugs that are provided to them. Over the many, not just one, but many laboratories, monkeys are addicted to drugs, cats consist of holes drilled into their skulls, rats have their spinal cords crushed, and many indescribable conditions are forced into animals. It has been identified that an estimated 26 million animals are used every year in just only the U.S for research. Currently, the number of animals dead in experiments is unknown, as no attention is provided towards the issue. How heartless can the society

If an expirement on a chimpanzee that does not have any mental damge on them can save a human life I can understand it. A character that stood out to me was a guy name Bob Ingersoll who argreed keeping Nim in a cage was torutre. A scence with Bob and Nim I found amusing was when Nim got high off of a blunt from Bob. Nim enjoyed it and actual requested it through hand signals. In the end, Herbet Terrace believe that their was little sucess in communication and it was ultimately a failure when Nim was biting and assaulting humans. I still believe that their is no justifcation for experimenting on animals by locking them up, drugging them, and treating them like threats to society. Yes, their is alot of benefits of gaining knowledge through experiments, however, I do not believ that this is how God wanted us to treat

Alzheimer’s is a brain disease and is not a part of aging. It affects memory and learning as people get older. There is a stage called mild cognitive impairment which is not dementia but forgetting things is common in this stage. In the moderate stages a person with Alzheimer’s may began to repeat stories. A person can live on average eight to ten years. Alzheimer’s affect 4.5 million and this number is excepted to rise because of the baby boomer population.

Proponents say animal testing has helped save many people and animals. That there is no other way to test cures and commercial object, and with strict regulations, they do not mistreat the animals. Opponents say it is cruel and they do not follow the rules of the law as they are supposed to. There are many different ways to research without the usage of animals. The AWA, the Animal Welfare Act, was passed in 1966. Animal testing started in five hundred BC. They use to say causing pain on animals was offensive to the gods. In the 1940's many monkeys died going into space. Luckily in 1951 Yorick the monkey lived and came but unharmed. To this day many people debate this topic, but mostly people are leaning now towards saving the

The Silver Spring monkey experiments were ethically justified. To support this claim, I would like us to relate the death of an animal and that of a human being. It would be prudent even to kill two animals in research rather than to let a whole generation be affected with a disease. For instance, by keeping the animals in the lab with open wounds is a way of scientifically executing the research and by bandaging the wounds, they would go against the intention of the research. I tend to believe that the Silver Spring monkey experiment was ethical and justifiable.

A rhesus monkey and human infants have many morally relevant differences. Therefore, it would be permissible to do use rhesus monkeys for an experiment but not human infants. Experimenting on either it might seem to be cruel in any type of situations, but is more than necessary. For example, the Experimental Reduction of Carcinoma in Rhesus Monkeys is a perfect example of were animal lay a role. Researchers do need to use something that represents human like characteristic and instead of using an infant the better more moral thing to do is use an animal.

The scientists are planning to use the monkeys to study human genetic diseases. Specifically, the scientists plan to use their research to help those affected by Parkinson’s disease and diseases similar to Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is disorder in the central nervous system that affects movement and can cause tremors and stiffness. People with Parkinson’s disease have trouble walking and their movements become slower, this is because the brain’s signal to specific parts of the body slows down, this is called Bradykinesia. There are more than 200,000 cases of Parkinson’s in the United States per year. You can’t die from Parkinson’s disease, but people advances Parkinson’s disease can have difficulty swallowing, which can lead to choking, leading to death. Also, because of the stiffness of movement, people with Parkinson’s disease often fall, which can cause death. This is why many people believe that cloning is important so that diseases such as Parkinson’s can be

Who is to say that an animals life is more or less valuable than a humans life? Beside, “the equivalent case against is that the level of suffering and the number of animals involved are both so high that the benefits to humanity don’t provide moral justification” (BBC1). Mr. Harlow conducted his studies in order to find out about love… the conditions of which the rhesus monkeys were put in do not justify for his curiosity of love. The AWA, or animal welfare act, was only passed in 1966 which is why Harry Harlow’s got away with the environment in which he placed the monkeys in. It is astounding that there were no restrictions on how animals should be humanely treated and cared for during experimentation. Animals are meant to be free and in the wild, so putting them in cages stresses them out which scientists or researchers should know might affect their study.

It is awful even just to picture how chimpanzees are being anesthetized for more than hundred times and being put in a small, barren cage for the sake of biomedical science. Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives both biologically and socially (Stanford et. al., 2017). Humans and chimpanzees shares lots of similarities genetically and that is one of the reasons why many scientists use chimpanzees for medical science research. This is also the most important reason on why people who are informed about the similarities between human and chimpanzees put a very special value to chimpanzees. The usage of chimpanzees for scientific research has been declining internationally, but chimps are still being used as subjects for biomedical research in the United States (“Alternatives to Chimp Testing,” 2008). In 2012, there was a bill called the Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA) to restrict the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research in the United States. There are huge debates whether this bill is necessary or not. Without us realizing, we actually have moral obligations to chimpanzees. Thus, all laws that against and restrict chimpanzees testing, such as the Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA) plays an important role and we should support the bills and laws because of several reasons.