In search for happiness and wellbeing, humanity has made advances in technology development, security, communication, and medicine. Most importantly humanity are looking to further medical research by understanding the source of diseases to efficiently implement prevention and treat inherited and acquired diseases. Generally, current diseases have been understood by researchers and medical professional. However effective treatment for certain pathology affecting people are not readily available because of the lack of well founded research and safety concern. In addition, the newly discovered remedy requires therapeutic trial for its intended use and also to observe any side effects.
Animals have been a medium that researchers use not only for the understanding of diseases but also to follow up the effectiveness of newly discovered drugs. The side effects of medications are monitored through the use of animal subjects. With the use of animals, it has caused some controversy that includes: testing potential forms of treatment on animals, using animals to advance scientific understanding, and protecting the safety of people, animals and the environment. (Animal Research).
The utilization of animal subjects help develop potential form of treatment. Chronic metabolic diseases including obesity, heart disease, and diabetes for instance have been encountered in animals in the laboratory. Those animals were fed with certain foods that contribute to their metabolic illness. Some of the animals had fatty liver that was reversed through removal of source of illness which is high calories diet and lack of activities. This type of metabolic disease can be understood in human being in a more complex obesity patient who needs to change th...
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...rotect human consumers, workers, and environment. Finally, even the animal wellbeing is in fact protected by the use of animal research that aims to understand the source of diseases and develop safe treatment of its cause. (Speaking of Research).
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Animal experiments used in biological research have helped make many advancements in human medicine. Through these experiments when has achieved, a decrease in infant mortality, longer lifespan, and an increase in the quality of life (American Medical Associaton 3). Through indirect of direct experimentation, almost all medical advances can be traced back to research through animals. The control and dismissal of diseases like: small pox, poliomyelitis, and measles has been achieved with animals. Blood transfusions, burn therapy, open brain and hearts surgery where all fulfilled the same way (American Medical Association 54). "Biomedical advances depend on research with animals, and not using them would deprive humans and criminals of the benefits of research" (American Media Association74). Through animal research we could find solutions to AIDS, cancer, heart diseases, aging, and congenital defects. Like Lord Adrian said, “The use of living animals in scientific research can be considered justified if it is likely to produce appreciable benefit to society, if there is no way to conduct the research in quest...
Frankie Trull. “Animals in Research is Critical to Continued Progress in Human Health.” Ed. Jeanne Williams. The Society for Advancement of Education: 1989. Print.
“How can otherwise decent citizens do these things? How can they become so insensitive to what they are doing? Don Barnes, who spent sixteen years as a biomedical scientist experimenting on animals, and now heads the Washington, DC office of the National Anti-Vivisection Society, calls the state in which he used to do his work 'conditioned ethical blindness'” (Singer and Gruen 78-80). As a former vivisector, Barnes worked with monkeys and would cut them open while they were still alive. With a primary interest of biological science, vivisectors performed experiments on living animals to advance the understanding of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology. These studies are the few of many branches of biomedical science, the combination biology and medicine which mainly focuses on the health of both animals and humans. Animals are used as “models” for studying human biology and disease to understand basic biology, and as test subjects for the development of drugs, vaccines, antibodies and other medical treatments to improve and advance human health. As models, scientists aim to artificially produce a condition in a laboratory animal that may resemble the human equivalent of a medical disease or injury. Scientists may have good intentions but many do not realize that they are committing a great inhumanity as they continue to exploit animals for the “greater good”. Tom Regan came up with a similar conclusion:
...xploitation are acceptable in society. Furthermore, unlike other forms of exploitation which seek pleasure in killing animals such as leisure sport, scientists, most likely do not harm animals; if pain is intended on an animal it is strictly for the purpose of scientific advancement. Moreover, although, animal experimentation may cause some extinction, it is only one of many other causes of extinction, if other causes are not condemned; then neither should animal experimentation. And last but not least, those of who believe animal experimentation is wrong can chose not to purchase products that have been tested on animals.
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