My partner and I will be affirming the resolution, Should scientists be able to test human products on animals. I strongly agree that Scientist should be allowed to test on animals for the following reasons.Animal testing is vital to medical advances and finding cures for illnesses and diseases.According to the Foundation For Biomedical Research, a non-profit organization,“practically every drug, treatment, medical device, diagnostic tool or cure we have today was developed with the help of lab…
pleasure activities (anhedonia), inability to concentrate, lack of energy, disturbed sleep or appetite, feelings of worthlessness or guilt, and suicidal ideation and tendencies etc.(DSM-IV)(1994). Animal models of depression have a function of to replicate some known aspects of depression in preferred animal species (e.g. rodents).…
live animals as experimental subjects and use invasive techniques test on them.Vivisection experiments involve the uses of animals for product testing or in education and conduct researches or experiments for corporations, agricultural facilities, and military bases. According to the research more than 100 million animals are killed in the U.S. laboratories each year which does not includes numerous rats, birds, and rabbits etc.[1] Animals are people’s friends, and we do not want those animals…
Animal testing has been a part of our society since the early 1900s. And it appears to me, that not until around 40 years ago or so, people began to realize that testing animals was inhumane on many different levels. But because we are the human beings that we are, we still try to shy away from a lot of the negative consequences of animal testing. It is easier for us to push aside that which is bad and try only to look at the positive aspects. Yet, in my opinion, the cons outweigh the pros.…
discussion of animal rights, one controversial issue has been whether or not animals should be use for medical testing. On the one hand, some scientists argue that animal testing has contributed for many cures and treatments. On the other hand, animal rights activist contends that alternative methods now exist that can replace the need for animals. Others even maintain that animal testing is an essential part in medical research. My own view is that animals should not be used for medical testing…
Research is America’s oldest and largest non-profit. Their mission is to educate people about the important role that animal research plays in the search for medical advancements, treatments and cures for people and animals. Through public awareness, video, educational and media campaigns, they hope to achieve their mission. With this advertisement, they hope to make animal testing more widely accepted and not thought of as “controversial.” “Who would you rather see live?” This is the question…
because of the animal, from fruit flies to mice, are widely used in scientific research. They are the key to enabling scientists to better understand human biology and health, and to develop new drugs (n, 2015). Animals are really important to us, in the back days, they help us a lot with agriculture, translate and so on. Even nowadays they help us a lot too. Also, animals are really cute, and most of them are kind. As we all know, medical research will bring a lot of pain to the animals,…
Animal Testing; Finding Alternative Approaches Animal testing began during the Roman Era Dissection and Vivisection, which is the dissection of live animals. The idea of animal testing was gone by the Middle Ages, but returned by the Renaissance. William Harvey had relied almost completely on the knowledge that came from animal testing during the seventeenth-century. Marc R. Fellenz, the author of “Animal Experimentation,” states “In the early twenty-first century, virtually all medical…
Killing Without A Conscience People have grown desensitized not by choice, but by their surroundings. For centuries, humans have killed each other, and it eventually has become a common event humanity faces daily. Due to this, humans have become desensitized to killing, which has caused the value of life to decrease with each generation. This theme is examined in “The Lottery”, “Who Killed Benny Paret?”, and “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police”, with each author having their…
reproductively, quality, and integrity of chemical non-clinical safety tests from physio-chemical properties through acute to chronic toxicity tests. The term GLP is commonly associated with pharmaceutical industry and non-clinical animal testing that should be performed before the approval of new drug. However, GLP applies to many non-pharma companies…