Often, when on the subject of whether or not animals should be used in animal research, it generally sparks up a debate. Some argue that animal testing does not work and the practice is cruel to animals while others argue that the use of animal research has produced tremendous medical breakthroughs and should not be stopped. Yes, animal testing has resulted in great medical discoveries and could be used to potentially discover more, however, new technological advances in medicine such as the 3D biomedical printer can eventually replace the need for animal testing and as a result of that cost of research will go down dramatically as well as animals will no longer suffer for no reason. There is absolutely no doubt that animal testing
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Although the research showed that rats and human genomes were were not identical to rat genomes, “however, they also found that the rat genome contains about the same number of genes as the human ...genomes. Furthermore, almost all human genes known to be associated with diseases have counterparts in the rat genome and appear highly conserved through mammalian evolution, confirming that the rat is an excellent model for many areas of medical research” (Spencer). As a result of this research, one can conclude that humans and rats are close enough related genetically to produce successful medical …show more content…
Ray Greek, president of Americans for Medical Advancement asserts that 90% of all medicine tested on animals fail on humans (Burrell). This is because most animals used, more specifically rats, are different species from humans. While the genome research stated earlier displayed that rats and humans genetically were close, the researchers also asserted “[in] their Nature paper, ...at approximately 2.75 billion base pairs, the rat genome is smaller than the human genome, which is 2.9 billion base pairs....” (Spencer). This presents the idea that genetically, humans were different from rats. Because most likely animals will not produce the accurate medical results for humans, animals are suffering for almost no reason. In order for scientist to attempts to try and discover a medical breakthrough, they first need an animal that is in good health. They then proceed to injure the animal. This can range anywhere from “Testing new drugs to infecting with diseases, poisoning for toxicity testing , burning skin, causing brain damage, implanting electrodes into the brain, maiming, blinding, and other painful and invasive procedures” (“Harm and
Although the research showed that rats and human genomes were were not identical to rat genomes, “however, they also found that the rat genome contains about the same number of genes as the human ...genomes. Furthermore, almost all human genes known to be associated with diseases have counterparts in the rat genome and appear highly conserved through mammalian evolution, confirming that the rat is an excellent model for many areas of medical research” (Spencer). As a result of this research, one can conclude that humans and rats are close enough related genetically to produce successful medical …show more content…
Ray Greek, president of Americans for Medical Advancement asserts that 90% of all medicine tested on animals fail on humans (Burrell). This is because most animals used, more specifically rats, are different species from humans. While the genome research stated earlier displayed that rats and humans genetically were close, the researchers also asserted “[in] their Nature paper, ...at approximately 2.75 billion base pairs, the rat genome is smaller than the human genome, which is 2.9 billion base pairs....” (Spencer). This presents the idea that genetically, humans were different from rats. Because most likely animals will not produce the accurate medical results for humans, animals are suffering for almost no reason. In order for scientist to attempts to try and discover a medical breakthrough, they first need an animal that is in good health. They then proceed to injure the animal. This can range anywhere from “Testing new drugs to infecting with diseases, poisoning for toxicity testing , burning skin, causing brain damage, implanting electrodes into the brain, maiming, blinding, and other painful and invasive procedures” (“Harm and