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Animal Experimentation And Its Effects On Human Life And Survival

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Mathura Prasad Dahal
Instructor Miguel Marrero
English 1302
September 18, 2014
Animal Experimentation
The various experiments are performed on living animals especially to test the effects of chemical compounds such as new drugs, cosmetics, food additives and pesticides. The application of animals to test a large number of products from household compounds and cosmetics to pharmaceutical has been considered to be a normal strategy for many years.
Animal experimentation has existed since ancient times and contributed to human life and survival. The most radical progress in the health science has all been made possible by animal research. Thus, animal experimentation is recognized and accepted as an important tool in saving lives.
Humans have been benefited from the health care developments that have been based on the benefits of animal research and testing for many years. According to Fox Michael “Virtually every medical innovation of the last century – and especially last four decades – has been based to a significant extent upon the results of animal experimentation.” Surgery on animals has assisted in developing organ transplant and open heart surgery. “Animal testing has also helped in developing vaccine against disease like rabies, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, and TB. Development of antibiotics, HIV drugs, Insulin, and cancer treatments depend up on animal tests. Other testing methods are not advanced enough” (Vaughn, 171). Laboratory animals can play an important

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