Thalidomide

Walking down the narrow streets of a village in China, dogs were scattered. The majority of them were homeless, roaming around in search of food and shelter. The sight urged me to adopt every single one, however it was impossible for me to adopt them on my vacation stay in China. This is only a chip of what animal mistreatment looks like in our society today. From animal experimentation to factory farms, the abuse can been hidden away from the eyes of our society (Clemmitt 3). However, with the…

Why Animal Testing is Wrong Animal testing is different types of procedures done on animals to find out if a type of medication or cosmetic is safe to use on humans. Over 100 million animals are tested on each year. While there are alternatives to animal testing, it can save a human life, but puts animals through misery and possibly death. Millions of animals including rabbits, cats, mice, and dogs are suffering due to testing for cosmetics and medications. According to the article “About…

Personal statement- First draft: Why am I applying for this course? Introduction to Biomedical Science. NEUROSCIENCE: Why do we dream? Why do we have emotions? How are memories stored? What I find so intriguing about the brain is that we know so little about it but at the same time it is unarguably one of the most important organs in the human body. A neuroscience degree will allow me to link my scientific knowledge to understand more about how organisms function. I am curious to find out…

Judy is a 25 year old female born with autism. During my aunt 's pregnancy all seemed well, all tests that were taken when she was pregnant came out normal with no abnormalities. However during delivery there was some complications. Judy was without oxygen for ten to twenty minutes because the ambilical cord was wrapped around her neck and could not come out through the vaginal canal. Everytime the baby 's head came out, the ambilical cord retracted her back into the womb. In the process the…

disorder. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identify several risk factors for autism spectrum disorders: children born to older parents; some premature or low-birth-weight babies; and exposure during pregnancy to some drugs, including thalidomide and valproic acid. Another possible risk factor: maternal exposure early in pregnancy to the disease rubella (which can be…

There have been some situations in the past that proved a drug to be harmful for humans although it proved safe for animals. For example, in the 1950s, thalidomide, the sleeping pill, caused approximately 10,000 human babies to be born with severe physical deformities and mental disabilities. When the drug was tested on animals, it was proven to be safe. Tests on pregnant mice, rats, guinea pigs, cats, and…

In this report the role of the government in pharmaceutical regulation will be explored. Examples of how the government regulates the pharmaceutical industry will be presented; furthermore, each event will be analysed to determine whether the regulation was from a public or private interest theory perspective. In the end the goal is to reveal the dominant theory of regulation in the industry and which theory better predicts the outcome of events presented. The government’s role in the…

it is, then again, not nearly as accurate as of the other methods available. In-Vitro testing, which takes place in a Petri dish, is much more precise, as human cells are used in this process, instead of an animal. In the 1950, the narcotic, thalidomide, was found to be unsafe after the medication is tested on animals. Although this drug was tested on animals, there were reported the deformities in over 10,000 newborn babies. In later research, it was found that the drug Vivoxx caused nearly…

Claim Most of the Animal Testing does not provide solution to the human treatment in biomedical research, and are not reliable to predict the human health. Along with this human benefit cannot justify the cruelty in animal testing during research. However, looking at the history of biomedical research, animal have been repeatedly use whether those testing were successful or not. It is true that human beings and animals are somewhat similar in biological and physical structure but does that mean…

Absurd Animal Abuse in America Laboratories Animals are very important to humans. They can be friends, food providers or even family members.. They provide entertainment, they listen to you without disagreement, and they make us happy even in the worst situations. However, every year an excessive amount of animals are killed in US facilities. How can people be so inhumane and take away those lives solely for their own benefit? The act of using animals for research is morally wrong. We should not…