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Well firstly animal testing is the not the most helpful thing people can do to find the cure for any disease (perhaps not, but you offer no viable alternative).
* === Here are a few substitution methods: human cell and tissue culture, computer simulations, epidemiological and clinical studies, DNA microchips (that simulate the human metabolism for drugs), IRM scanners.. see the film at Safer Medicines link for more info. === === === * === Real scientific methods must replace animal testing. Animal testing is not only irrelevant for humans but very dangerous. There can be dreadful side effects to our animal tested medicine (4th cause of death in modern countries, just after cancer, heart attacks and strokes) and health research is wasting money and time on animals. (For 50 years they've been 'very close' to finding a cure for cancer...) ===
yes and also they should probably be testing it on plants, or something that is not going to be missed on our planet, plants are a lot less important, but still we do need them so test them on bacteria, such as chicken pox (plant cells are fundamentally different from animal cells and so would be of little or no use, chicken pox is caused by a virus) or other harmful bacteria or germs, bacteria are single celled organisms with no nucleus and transcribe DNA very differently from animals so would be of little or no use) yes stop animal testing it's not fair what we do to them. Also even after it's tested on animals they still test it on humans anyway because our DNA is so different we react very differently Example when was the last time you met a diabetic plant, virus or bacterium? Such models would not exist, however we can breed diabetic mice or induce diabetes in mice.
* === You can test on whatever you like but the ONLY model for a human is a human. No species can be a model for another because of fundamental differences (metabolism, way of life, hormones, immunity...) ===
This is a complex question as you use the word "should". "Should" implies a moral imperative in the same way as the word "ought". Some people are happy with animal testing as it is, others would prefer no animal testing at all.
* === For human safety and for animals' respect: We MUST abolish animal testing ===
Some would argue that at present animal testing is a necessary part of drug testing. A new drug cannot ethically be tested on humans in case of detrimental effects which are not understood from preliminary trials such as cell cultures. The cells available which can be cultured are a subset of cancer cells and so do not always respond in the same ways as cells in the human body. By trialling drugs on animal models and then on people, scientists get a more accurate view on the drugs' efficiency and dosing rates. Most people would argue that animal trials should be well designed so as to yield useful information and cause the least suffering possible.
* === 92% of the drugs that were tested and validated safe on animals get chucked out during the clinical trials on human volunteers, sometimes because of the inefficiency but more generally because of the side effects. On the 8% left, those that reach you, another half of the drugs will be pulled back. Next time you get some medicine, read the side effects list and think... who's the real guinea pig? === Some would argue that animals should not be used in drug testing under any circumstances. Animals are not always good models of human biochemistry or physiology. The best animals to use in such research are higher primates as their anatomy and physiology is closest to our own. However, there is some debate as to whether higher primates should be granted rights such as autonomy which are usually reserved for humans due to their intelligence. Both sides would argue that there is a need for greater understanding of the human as an organism and that science should strive to create better non-living models on which drugs could be tested. These models could for example be computer simulations or tissue cultures of non-cancerous cells. However, as yet not enough is known about the function of the organism as a whole or cells by themselves to allow this to happen.
* === Please take a look at the links down below. Technology exists and does need more funding and promotion. Please tell people about this!
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What else can I help you with?
Is animal testing for diseases ok?
Yes because if scientists did not do it on animals there would not be any cures.
Have helpful cures been found from animal testing?
All medication has been animal tested...
Why do you use animal testing?
Animal testing helps to cure diseases and to discover new cures and vaccines for both, animals AND humans. It is totally normal that humans use animals to test on because we use nature for our own health. However, animal testing used for cosmetics is completely cruel and unnecessary.
Is fair that they use animal for your heath?
No I am a non believer in animal abuse however many medicines have been modified and many cures for diseases have been created due to the testing of medicine on animals
Is animal testing illegal in Australia?
No, it is legal in Australia but it should be illlegal because it is a cruel way to test cures for human diseases, illnesses, cancers ect.
What is good about animal abuse?
Animal Testing is a part of animal abuse. 1. Cures and diseases have been made to save human lives. Treatments to diabetes, cancer, aids, etc. would not be available if it were not for animal testing. 2. Many things that have been discovered through animal testing also benefit other animals, and not just humans. 3. Most animal testing doesn't hurt the animal. Behavior experiments are often all that happens, and the animal gets a treat for doing something very easy like pressing a button. 4. There are institutional review boards that oversee testing to ensure that the animals are treated as well as possible. If you have any more suggestions of how animal abuse is good, please edit and add more topics of animal abuse and more numbers of how it is good. I personally think animal is never good. It involves unnecessary cruelty to innocent living creatures.
What cures have you found from animal testing?
I haven't done any applied research with animal testing, although I have done basic research with them in the past. However, every drug and medication that is on the market today has had animal testing. Antibiotics, Pain Meds, Heart Meds, etc. Certainly animal research also includes basic research and not every test will result in a marketable drug.
What are the good points of animal testing?
cures and treatments most don't hurt animals because Craig foster said so
What treatments or cures have been found by animal testing AND be specific name at least 5?
none what so ever so they need to stop
What are the pros of animal testing?
Animal testing is used to help find cures and treatments for common human ailments and diseases. So the banning of animal testing should increase human suffering. This is a "pro" if you believe human suffering is a good thing. Doctors practice medical procedures on animals before the practice on people. New techniques are often first performed on a handful of animals. Without animal testing, doctors would be forced to practice on people. We could probably find some poor people willing to be tested. This would help reduce poverty, either if they died or were handsomely paid for their participation. Another "pro."
What do pathologist jobs entail?
Pathologist work to discover the causes and effects of diseases and cures in plant and animal life. The work in hospitals, labs, schools and many other fields.
Animal cures effect human and animal health?
Yes if you are sick with a cold it MAY end up that your dog may catch it! My cat got sick from me once. I had a really bad cold and it caught it. If you have an animal and you have a cold it probably will catch it. Animals usully catch colds not a lot of other things they can catch from you!
