Microfluidics

Animal testing, also recognized as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments. The universities, medical schools, pharmaceutical companies, farm where the research is conducted. It includes pure research such as genetics, developmental biology, and behavioral studies as well as applied research like biomedical research, drug testing, including cosmetics testing. There is about 1.4 million animals die each year from animal testing.…

reaction of certain things added with the human cells. Microdosing, when you inject a little bit of the product at a time which allows it to be tested safely. Microfluidic chips are “just 2cm wide, and have etched into them a series of tiny chambers, each containing a sample of tissue from different parts of the body.” says Safer Medicines. Microfluidic chips have the drug added to them and the results are transferred to a computer. Human tissue can also be used to study what happens when…

can produce more relevant results than animal testing because human cells can be used. Computer models, such as virtual reconstructions of human molecular structures, can predict the toxicity of substances without invasive experiments on animals. Microfluidic ship’s which are lined with human cells and recreate the functions of human organs. In Conclusion, Animal testing should not be done because like Mr. Kant said, He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also dealing with men, so if I’m cruel…

For example microfluidic chips or otherwise known as “Organs on a chip”. These are lined with human cells and can recreate the functions of the human body. Also there are virtual reconstructions of humans which can predict the toxicity of substances without the invasive…

Animal testing was revived in Greece about 2300 years ago; however, it became widely used only from 1850 (Understanding animal research, 2015). After this time, many breakthroughs were made such as insulin for diabetics, hepatitis C vaccine and medicine for epilepsy, which have saved countless number of animals’ and humans’ lives (AMP, 2015). Today, we have developed many alternatives to animal testing, thanks to new technologies, which are used to develop and test new medicine and treatments;…

Make-up, fragrances, cleaning supplies, medicine, body wash: these are all items that can be bought at almost any store in the United States. Many big companies test these products on animals to identify the quality and effectiveness of it. Animals should not be used as experimentations because they are living being, just like us. Not only is this practice cruel and inhumane, it is not accurate for animals to be tested on when their bodies are so different from human bodies when there are…

alternatives are cost effectiveness. Here are some of the different alternatives the In vitro (test tube) test methods and models based on human cell and tissue cultures. Microfluidic chip testing and the artificial tissue testing are becoming more popular in the scientific research field. In Dwortzan article, he claims, “The microfluidic chip also proved far more effective than other commonly used flu diagnostic tests including viral culture, a lab procedure requiring up to a week to produce…

Animal Testing Animal testing has contributed to many lifesaving cures and treatments. It helps test products that can be hazardous to human skin, hair, or immune system. Animal testing can also be really cruel and inhumane. Some animals testing for beauty products involve rabbits being incapacitated in stocks with their eyelids help open by clips, sometimes for multiple days, so they cannot blink away the products being tested. Animal cruelty is a very touchy subject. Drugs that pass…

A. Animals are harmed during testing Animals shouldn’t be harmed during testing. Animals have feelings just like humans and they can also experience pain Animals are forced to suffer during experiments Most test animals are killed after an experiment. Some experiments cause so much harm and suffering for animals so that killing would be more merciful for the animals than continuing the experiment. In 2010, a research showed that 97,123 test animals were likely to experience pain and…

rights. Supporters of animal experimentation say that using animals are important, however there are many methods used today that do not require the use of animals. Many methods used today instead of animal experimentation are in vitro testing, microfluidic chip testing, microdosing, imaging studies, and computer models and simulations (“ethics of medical research with animals” 1-3) In spite of, their differences animal supporters and animal experimentation supporters have things in…