SHOULD WE REPLACE ANIMAL TESTING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD WITH ALTERNATIVE METHODS?
Affirmative Arguments:
1. Their poor reliability (more reliable alternatives) 2. Unnecessary cruelty to animals (causing controversy)
Reliability/Alternatives
Reliability
Cigarettes were considered safe because smoking-related cancer is almost impossible to reproduce in non-human animals. The primary purpose of medical research is to promote human health, and the most direct research methods focus on the study of human populations, individuals, and tissues. Animal research has been used merely as an alternative method when study of humans is deemed impractical or unethical. In addition to the ethical issues, the profound differences in anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry between humans and animals make animals poor models for humans. Results from research on animals cannot be accurately extrapolated to humans and are poor predictors for how humans will respond to drugs, treatments, or diseases.......
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