Are you surprised by anything that is said on the website? Why do you think many people are so quick to believe reported statistics?
While on the website and reading the article, few things stood out to me. Like many, I was aware of the animal testing epidemic as well as the arguments made by critics and anti-animal testing groups who are opposed to it. However, prior to the article I did not contemplate or think about the issue or even its effectiveness. One thing in which I was surprised by was some of the statistics that was mentioned throughout the article. For example, I was unaware that out of all the drugs that pass animal tests, about 94 percent will fail clinical trials for humans. Majority of drugs that pass animal tests are often discarded immediately due to being deemed useless or harmful to humans, which is one of the reasons why activists contemplates that animal testing is useless (Stachura, 2008).
Due to previously hearing more cons of animal testing than pros, I was surprised that animal testing has saved consumers from critical harm, since so few people have died during clinical trials themselves. There have previously been a few instances where animal testing was not done on a substance which resulted in the death …show more content…
The classes of immune abnormalities that produce lupus and unravel mechanisms through which specific genetic polymorphisms promote disease has been clarified by conducting studies of genetically manipulated mice and congenic mice who possess chromosomal intervals which contain lupus susceptibility genes (Cheung, Loh, Pau, Kim, & Wither, 2009). This drew my attention because lupus is a disorder that is basically hereditary in my family and I would like for medical professionals to have more knowledge on how to deal with and treat the rare
While on the website and reading the article, few things stood out to me. Like many, I was aware of the animal testing epidemic as well as the arguments made by critics and anti-animal testing groups who are opposed to it. However, prior to the article I did not contemplate or think about the issue or even its effectiveness. One thing in which I was surprised by was some of the statistics that was mentioned throughout the article. For example, I was unaware that out of all the drugs that pass animal tests, about 94 percent will fail clinical trials for humans. Majority of drugs that pass animal tests are often discarded immediately due to being deemed useless or harmful to humans, which is one of the reasons why activists contemplates that animal testing is useless (Stachura, 2008).
Due to previously hearing more cons of animal testing than pros, I was surprised that animal testing has saved consumers from critical harm, since so few people have died during clinical trials themselves. There have previously been a few instances where animal testing was not done on a substance which resulted in the death …show more content…
The classes of immune abnormalities that produce lupus and unravel mechanisms through which specific genetic polymorphisms promote disease has been clarified by conducting studies of genetically manipulated mice and congenic mice who possess chromosomal intervals which contain lupus susceptibility genes (Cheung, Loh, Pau, Kim, & Wither, 2009). This drew my attention because lupus is a disorder that is basically hereditary in my family and I would like for medical professionals to have more knowledge on how to deal with and treat the rare