At this moment thousands of animals are locked inside tiny cages in laboratories across the country. They are constantly feeling pain, loneliness, and fear of the test these scientists are performing on them. "Information from the Office of Technology
Assessment estimated between 17 and 23 million animals are used in research each year" (Why Are Animals Necessary in Biomedical Research). Animal testing has been a controversial issue for several years and is debated whether it is right or wrong. What is animal testing exactly? It is the procedure on living animals for purposes of research into basic biology and disease, assessing the effectiveness of new medicinal products, and testing the human health or environment safety of consumer and …show more content…
There are many alternatives to animal testing. People can also help out in many ways. Alternatives for animal research are vitro testing, computer modeling, human volunteers, and human- patient simulators. Vitro testing are microchips that have organs on them. These cells are grown …show more content…
It is shown to replicate human psychology, disease, and drug responses more accurately than animal testing
Burgeson 6
(Alternatives to Animal Testing). Several cell based tests can replace animals. This checks the safety of drugs, chemicals, and products so that these animals are not receiving cruel tests on them. "Ceetox developed a method to assess the potential of a substance to cause a skin allergy in humans that incorporate MatTek's Epiderm (tissue model)" (Alternatives to Animal Testing). This replaces the certain animals that would have been injected with a substance or had their skin shaved for the procedure. The vitro testing has shown important findings like cancer screening treatments, testing drugs with biochips, and replicating skin for research (Alternatives In Research).
Computer modeling is also an alternative for animal research. It shows human biology and profession of a developing disease. This type of modeling can predict the ways new drugs will react in the body (Alternatives to Animal Testing). These models and information are all stored on a database and this way it is easier for scientists to get ahold of their
Assessment estimated between 17 and 23 million animals are used in research each year" (Why Are Animals Necessary in Biomedical Research). Animal testing has been a controversial issue for several years and is debated whether it is right or wrong. What is animal testing exactly? It is the procedure on living animals for purposes of research into basic biology and disease, assessing the effectiveness of new medicinal products, and testing the human health or environment safety of consumer and …show more content…
There are many alternatives to animal testing. People can also help out in many ways. Alternatives for animal research are vitro testing, computer modeling, human volunteers, and human- patient simulators. Vitro testing are microchips that have organs on them. These cells are grown …show more content…
It is shown to replicate human psychology, disease, and drug responses more accurately than animal testing
Burgeson 6
(Alternatives to Animal Testing). Several cell based tests can replace animals. This checks the safety of drugs, chemicals, and products so that these animals are not receiving cruel tests on them. "Ceetox developed a method to assess the potential of a substance to cause a skin allergy in humans that incorporate MatTek's Epiderm (tissue model)" (Alternatives to Animal Testing). This replaces the certain animals that would have been injected with a substance or had their skin shaved for the procedure. The vitro testing has shown important findings like cancer screening treatments, testing drugs with biochips, and replicating skin for research (Alternatives In Research).
Computer modeling is also an alternative for animal research. It shows human biology and profession of a developing disease. This type of modeling can predict the ways new drugs will react in the body (Alternatives to Animal Testing). These models and information are all stored on a database and this way it is easier for scientists to get ahold of their