Animal Research : The Treatment And Prevention Of Diseases

Throughout the years the use of animals in medical research has been a hot debate around the world. Although animal testing may be cruel and inhumane, thousands of humans are saved thanks to the research that animals supply researchers with. Animals testing have taken over our knowledge of medicine and treatments to a whole different level. Animal testing also does this in a cheap and effective way. Without animals testing out knowledge wouldn’t be up to date, in other words animals’ testing is good.

Animals that are put forward to medical experimentation contribute to cures and treatments that have saved many lives. The California Biomedical Research Association states that “nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has resulted directly from research using animals.” (California Biomedical Research Association). Animals that are used for these tests have contributed incredible discoveries on unimaginable areas starting on Cancer, HIV/AIDS, Heart Disease/Stroke, Diabetes, Birth Defects, and Spinal Cord Injuries. Animal testing has made medical discoveries to go from antibiotics to blood transfusions, from

Scientists use animals in order to make medical advancements to help humans however, it is often difficult to get the same results in both animals and humans. The biology of humans and animals is not the same, although there are some similarities. According to Akhtar, in an article titled “The Flaws and Human Harms of Animal Experimentation”, “Annually, more than 115 million animals are used worldwide in experimentation or to supply the biomedical industry” (Akhtar). Millions of animals are used, against their will, to try to help humans. Although there are some instances in which the experiments have helped humans, is it really worth the pain and suffering that all of those animals have had to suffer. Akhtar also stated “Although it is widely accepted that medicine should be evidence based, animal experimentation as a means of informing human health has generally not been held, in practice, to this standard” (Akhtar). There has been some cases in which testing medicine on animals has benefitted humans, however this type of result is hard to duplicate. Often when a result is achieved in the lab, there are many influences that can cause these

The tension between animal rights and medical/cosmetic research is an extreme issue in today’s society. Every day millions of mice, rats, rabbits, primates, cats, dogs, and other animals are locked inside cold, barren cages in laboratories across the country. They languish in pain, ache with loneliness, and long to roam free and use their minds, but all they can do is sit and wait in fear of the next terrifying, painful procedure that will be performed on them next. Animal Research is a very well known act and has been around for some time. Most of the advancements in the 20th century are because of animals. Many of the products we use each day from medicines to household products are tested generally on animals. Many people around the world think animal research is the right thing to do because of the benefits humans may receive from it. Humans often benefit from successful animal research, although, the pain, the suffering, and the deaths of animals are not worth the possible human benefits. Animals and people are alike in many ways; they feel, think, behave, and experience pain. Animal testing is by far the most heartless act anyone could preform; it is inhumane; there are other alternatives and results are not necessarily reliable.

Human’s organ structure, anatomy, metabolism, chemical and drug absorption, all differ greatly from animals (Limitations and Dangers). Animal’s bodies can handle things that the human body can not, so some of the results that come from experimenting on these animals an extremely inaccurate. In one case, the recalled diet drug “Phen-fen” caused no damage to animal hearts, while it did to humans. This is a perfect example, human bodies and animal bodies are much too different to be able to get accurate predictions every time, endangering humans in some cases, and in others, proving failed, potentially causing harm to animals for no reason. According to Dr. Richard Klausner, former director of the National Cancer Institute, “We have cured cancer in mice for decades—and it simply didn’t work in humans.” (Limitations and dangers). Testing on animals is not necessary in today’s society, with everything that scientists have access to.

Animal research makes it possible for new things like,drugs and vaccines to be developed, benefiting both animals and humans. “Proponents of animal testing say that it has enabled the development of many life-saving treatments for both humans and animals, that there is no alternative method for researching a complete living organism, and that strict regulations prevent the mistreatment of animals in laboratories”. Thanks to animal research, in mice, cancer survival rates continued to rise. Even though there are pros about animal testing there are also cons about animal

The use of animal models for biomedical research has been a widely debated subject for decades. On one side of the argument, animal models are critical components for the development and treatment of human medicine. Without the use of common lab animals, research progress would be slower, and thus more lives would be lost due to the lack of research as it pertains to certain diseases. On the other side of the argument, some believe that it is completely unnecessary for animals to be used in human research, with many people believing that it is a form of animal cruelty and should be treated as such.

Today’s society is focused on the affects of diseases on the human body, and how to prevent the side effects associated with the disease. The controversial topic of using animals as research subjects is highly debated of whether it is necessary to save lives or inhumane to the animals. Every year, animals are experimentally used to determine the effectiveness, side effects, toxicity and safety of medications. Personally, I was aware of the testing being done on animals, but did not know much about it, and was therefore indifferent in the debate. However, after doing research, I have come to the conclusion that the cons outweigh the pros and animal testing is inhumane.

First of all, animal research has helped improve surgery and helped people with cancer and diabetes. For instance, “ the skin of mice with a chemically induced tumor result in regression in the cutaneous tumor.” To clarify, people who grow tumors can benefit from mustard gas that was discovered as being beneficial through animal research. As a result, animal experiments ought to continue by the reason of discovering new products for the people who are sick.

Medicines used on humans have saved hundreds-of-millions of lives and has prolonged the average human lifespan by nearly 50 years. Many of these medicines had to be tested on animals to make sure they are safe to use on humans. Without the use of animal testing, these medical miracles would not have been possible. Animal test subjects have historically been critical in furthering our understanding of physiology, health, and disease, and cessation of this could risk harm to humans and lead to a decrease in the speed of new medical advancements.

For centuries animals have been using by researchers as tools for human medications. Researchers admit that they are getting closer to find the cure for the terminal illnesses like cancer or AIDS. But in fact the cure for cancer that researchers found by using mice, did not work in humans as it did in mice. Animals have different biological systems than humans do and they do not suffer from the diseases as the way humans do. Therefore the tests cannot be accurate. “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has noted that 92 percent of all drugs that are shown to be safe and effective in animal tests fail in human trials because they don’t work or are dangerous. And of the small percentage that is approved for human use, half are relabeled because

In society, animals are treated and viewed as inferior in comparison to humans. However, this theory is far from the truth. Therefore, medical and scientific research conducted with the use of animals has become a problem. Animals who are subjected to foul treatment, and ultimately death, are evidence of inhumane action taken upon something that the scientific community now, in the twenty first century, can change the course of. There have been a number of occasions in which I have witnessed the foul treatment against animals. However, it is little in comparison to what happens behind the production of products, drugs, and medicines people use everyday. This idea is devastating and has the ability to change the perspective on how unethical and inhumane these processes are. In order to mitigate inhumane treatment against animals, new and modern solutions must be implemented within the testing process of scientific and medical research.

This research paper discusses the opposition side of my chosen topic “Should the animals be used for scientific research”. It will evidently elucidate why it is malicious for the animals to be used as scientific research. Animals cannot be compared to humans when it comes to finding out what product or drug is competent for human to use, because animals and humans have different hormones. It is also been proven with the drug thalidomide, that even though it has been tested on thousands of animals it was not a good alternative for human choose.

The issue of human morality has always been widely controversial and vitally important; it is our anchor that we use to define the humane yet we cannot agree on its dimensions. Morality seems to be all that separates us from the unfeeling universe, which is filled with morally horific natural laws such as "survival of the fittest." Or, at least, such "callous" impartiality seems unjust to our modern societies. Behind the screens of prosperity and enlightentment we have the luxory of moral scrutiny -- a luxory that should be fully explored and developed as our only wall against the apparent moral abyss of the rest of the universe. With enough investigation, we will realize that animals must be considered as we decide who deserves rights

On such controversial topics, a spectrum of opinions is created: one side feels animal research is necessary and helpful towards the advancement of medicine and the other this type of experimentation is inconclusive and wasteful. Presented in this essay will be