TAILIEUCHUNG - Science,Medicine,and Animals

The lives of humans and animals have been intertwined since the beginning of civilization. Early humans learned to raise animals for food as well as to live alongside them as companions. Humans and animals develop strong interactions and lasting bonds to their mutual benefit. It is because of our close ties with animals that many people have mixed feelings about the use of animals in biomedical research—even scientists. In an ideal world, scientists would never need to use animals as research subjects. Because we do not live in an ideal world, some difficult ethical and moral questions arise | Science Medicine and Animals NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES Preface .1 Introduction .3 Sidebar Why Use Animals .5 A Theory of Germs .7 Sidebar Overcoming Disease .8 Vaccines .9 Sidebar Penguins . 12 Understanding Epilepsy .13 Surgical Advancements .17 Cancer Therapies .18 The Concept of Basic Research .20 Safety Testing .21 Sidebar Cruelty Free .28 Regulation of Animal Research .29 Continuing Efforts to More Efficiently Use Laboratory Sidebar The 3 Rs in Action .39 Conclusion .40 Resources and Web Links .41 PREFACE Mnt he lives of humans and animals have been intertwined since the beginning of civilization. Early humans learned to raise animals for food as well as to live alongside them as companions. Humans and animals develop strong interactions and lasting bonds to their mutual benefit. It is because of our close ties with animals that many people have mixed feelings about the use of animals in biomedical research even scientists. In an ideal world scientists would never need to use animals as research subjects. Because we do not live in an ideal world some difficult ethical and moral questions arise. First and foremost is it ethical to allow humans and animals to suffer from injury and disease when. treatments and cures can be discovered through animal research Public opinion polls have consistently shown that a majority of people approve of the use of animals in biomedical research that does not cause pain to the animal and leads to new treatments and cures. However another difficult question is whether it is morally acceptable to perform research on animals that is painful if it leads to new and better treatments such as new anesthetics and painkillers. Or is it acceptable to perform any research on animals if new treatments or cures resulting from the research might not be apparent for decades if ever A minority ot people polled thought that experiments should be done on humans rather than animals. To some extent this does .

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• Overcoming Disease
• Surgical Advancements
• Animal Research
• Cancer Therapies
• painful procedures
• Worldwide Trends
• Infectious Disease
• Research Revealed
• Bibliometric Method
• Immuno Kinetics
• Kinetics and Vaccination