Animal testing for decades has been a long debated question in the scientific community. An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Animal testing is a vital and common procedure that has raised controversy regarding if animal testing is ethical. The use of animal testing has allowed for the development of safe medicines, vaccines, and advancements in scientific knowledge. Without the sacrifices made during animal testing, we…
Measurement of glutathione Glutathione (GSH) is a ubiquitous tripeptide which serves several vital functions including detoxifying electrophiles, scavenging free radicals and providing a reservoir for cysteine. The sulfhydryl group of GSH reduces 5-5'-dithiobis (2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) and form the yellow colour product 5-thio-2-nitrobenzoic acid (TNB)21. Measurement of the absorbance of TNB at 412 nm provides an accurate estimation of GSH in the sample. Figure 7. Materials 5×105 cells/mL…
raise awareness for animal testing. The problem, as they state on their website, is “over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year.” In order to find a solution for this problem they are challenging young people to let others know which brands practice animal testing by kidnapping their animal-tested products (1). DoSomething.org is not the only organization raising awarness of the harmful effects…
lifespan that our ancestors had before us. Thousands of years ago, people would die at very young ages due to the various amounts of diseases that they were not able to fight off. “Unhygienic living conditions and little access to effective medical care meant life expectancy was likely limited to about 35 years of age” (Basaraba). Back when man was barely learning and adjusting to the world, death was lurking from every corner. Because of this, they needed to figure out why many people kept…
At the University of Rhode Island I have had the pleasure of working in a pharmacology and toxicology lab for a year with Dr. Angela Slitt. My original plan coming into the university was to pursue a pre-medical degree that I would then turn to a medical degree. However, now that I have had the experience to take courses as well as my experience in Dr. Slitt’s lab I now know that a career in pharmaceutical sciences in right for me. The thrill of obtaining pertinent data to a proposed theory is…
There is no denying that using animals in the progress of medical research and study is necessary. That being said, the current rulings and principles of this form of scientific research are being challenged by different countries worldwide. In one such case, a U.K. clinical trial was done to limit the use of animals in their study of the TeGenero leukemia drug. “Of the new European tests, for example, five detect pyrogenic contaminants in drugs—bacteria that infiltrate injectable or intravenous…
placed in a position of harm for research, and there are guidelines to ensure this does not happen. The institutional review boards (IRBS) are the committees that help keep these rules in place. Animals in research have different ethical standards placed on them, but they do have committees that help researchers adhere to these rules. They are called the institutional animal and care and use committee (IACUC) (Gazzaniga, Halpern, & Heatherton, 2016). (b) Outline two ethical concerns that are…
it on some poor animal who hasn 't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit 's eyes, they should throw it in Charles Manson 's eyes and ask him if it hurts,” said comedian Ellen DeGeneres in My Point... And I Do Have One, her humorous reflection on her life. Though Ellen DeGeneres makes a hyperbolic point, she questions the ethicality of animal testing. The practice of animal testing…
healthcare field. Research contributes to the continued education of healthcare staff as well as developing better treatments, and care of patients. With this being the case, we should look at the primary methods of research qualitative and quantitative, an area where research is performed at in the military is the Clinical Investigation Facility (CIF), an interview with a health care leader in the area of the CIF, and my determination as a healthcare administrator as to what kind of research is…
barrier that surrounds a cell. This would be a step toward finding out how much of an effect that proteins have in the restoration of the outer barrier of a cell. If scientist could figure this out, another step could be taken to figure out how to use proteins to fix cells. They did not want to test this theory on all types of cells, so they chose to only focus on human lung microvascular endothelial cells, or HLMVEC for short. That means that this study could really only directly help with the…