Using Animals in Biomedical Research
“One million insulin-dependent diabetics survive today because of the discovery of insulin and the study of diabetes using dogs, rabbits, rats and mice models” according to Foundation for Medical Research. The topic of whether animals should be used in biomedical testing remains to be one of the most controversial topic in United States today. Although one may argue animals should not be used in biomedical research because there are many alternatives out there to substitute animal testing, and animals has feeling and show empathy when another is hurt; however, the truth of the matter is humankinds need to use animals for biomedical testing in order to the advance human race because animal testing will help …show more content…
A deadly disease called Hemophilus influenzae type B was known as Hib, which killed 800 children each year in the United States during 1993. There was an early version of a vaccine, but its effectiveness was limited. A new vaccine was developed, which was tested on mice and rabbits, proved to be more powerful than the previous vaccine. Within months of introducing the newly developed vaccine in the United States and United Kingdom, Hib infection rates have fallen by 70%. During 1935, an infection called hemolytic streptococci is known to cause death after a woman gave birth to a child. According to Scientific America, “occurred in 200 of every 100,000 births.”(Jack, Morrison, 1997) Also, according to Scientific America, “60 of every 100,000 men aged 45 to 64 died from lobar pneumonia.” (Jack, Morrison, 1997). However, both of the death figures fell dramatically after a drug called sulfonamide was made available to the public. Thanks to animal testing, now only five out of every 100,000 women contracted puerperal sepsis after giving birth, and only six out of 100,000 middle-aged men contracted lobar pneumonia. Animal testing has not only saved millions of lives in the medicine field, but also the surgical field, too. Open heart surgery saves …show more content…
Researchers are especially interested in diseases that infect both humans and dogs. Cataracts, retinal disease and retinal disease are some of the disease that both dogs and human contract, and scientists study treatments for those diseases in dogs in the aspiration that the same medications will be beneficial to humans. Also, canines assist scientist in the studies of allergies, epilepsy, and cancer. Chicken is another rather trendy subject in biomedical research. Even though we are completely different species, we still share 65 percent of DNA in us. This figure may not sound as impressing as the figure between humans and apes, but the figure is impressive enough to have an impact on biomedical research. Chickens produces protein, such as interferon, which are helpful to human immunity. Zoonosis viruses are viruses that can naturally be transmitted between animals and humans. In order to such viruses like flu, we need to conduct researches on chickens so vaccines can be created and enhanced. The similarities of DNE between animals and humans play a huge role in biomedical researches, it enabled researchers to further perceive how human bodies work under various
“One million insulin-dependent diabetics survive today because of the discovery of insulin and the study of diabetes using dogs, rabbits, rats and mice models” according to Foundation for Medical Research. The topic of whether animals should be used in biomedical testing remains to be one of the most controversial topic in United States today. Although one may argue animals should not be used in biomedical research because there are many alternatives out there to substitute animal testing, and animals has feeling and show empathy when another is hurt; however, the truth of the matter is humankinds need to use animals for biomedical testing in order to the advance human race because animal testing will help …show more content…
A deadly disease called Hemophilus influenzae type B was known as Hib, which killed 800 children each year in the United States during 1993. There was an early version of a vaccine, but its effectiveness was limited. A new vaccine was developed, which was tested on mice and rabbits, proved to be more powerful than the previous vaccine. Within months of introducing the newly developed vaccine in the United States and United Kingdom, Hib infection rates have fallen by 70%. During 1935, an infection called hemolytic streptococci is known to cause death after a woman gave birth to a child. According to Scientific America, “occurred in 200 of every 100,000 births.”(Jack, Morrison, 1997) Also, according to Scientific America, “60 of every 100,000 men aged 45 to 64 died from lobar pneumonia.” (Jack, Morrison, 1997). However, both of the death figures fell dramatically after a drug called sulfonamide was made available to the public. Thanks to animal testing, now only five out of every 100,000 women contracted puerperal sepsis after giving birth, and only six out of 100,000 middle-aged men contracted lobar pneumonia. Animal testing has not only saved millions of lives in the medicine field, but also the surgical field, too. Open heart surgery saves …show more content…
Researchers are especially interested in diseases that infect both humans and dogs. Cataracts, retinal disease and retinal disease are some of the disease that both dogs and human contract, and scientists study treatments for those diseases in dogs in the aspiration that the same medications will be beneficial to humans. Also, canines assist scientist in the studies of allergies, epilepsy, and cancer. Chicken is another rather trendy subject in biomedical research. Even though we are completely different species, we still share 65 percent of DNA in us. This figure may not sound as impressing as the figure between humans and apes, but the figure is impressive enough to have an impact on biomedical research. Chickens produces protein, such as interferon, which are helpful to human immunity. Zoonosis viruses are viruses that can naturally be transmitted between animals and humans. In order to such viruses like flu, we need to conduct researches on chickens so vaccines can be created and enhanced. The similarities of DNE between animals and humans play a huge role in biomedical researches, it enabled researchers to further perceive how human bodies work under various