文档介绍:CCF中学生学术训练计划 PROAnimalTesting CONAnimalTesting 1. Animaltestinghascontributedtomanylife-savingcuresand ResearchAssociationstatesthatnearlyeverymedicalbreakthroughinthelast100yearshasresulteddirectlyfromresearchusinganimals.[9]Experimentsinwhichdogshadtheirpancreasesremovedleddirectlytothediscoveryofinsulin,criticaltosavingthelivesofdiabetics.[101]ine,testedonanimals,urrenceofthediseasefrom350,000casesin1988to223casesinXX.[112,113]Animalresearchhasalsocontributedtomajoradvancesinunderstandingandtreatingconditionssuchasbreastcancer,braininjury,childhoodleukemia,cysticfibrosis,malaria,multiplesclerosis,tuberculosis,andmanyothers,andwasinstrumentalinthedevelopmentofpacemakers,cardiacvalvesubstitutes,andanesthetics.[10,11,12,13]ChrisAbee,DirectoroftheUniversityofTexasAndersonCancerCenter'sanimalresearchfacility,statesthat"wewouldn'ineforhepatitisBwithoutchimpanzees,"andsaysthattheuseofchimpsis"ourbesthope"ineforHepatitisC,adiseasethatkills15,000peopleeveryyearintheUnitedStates.[14] 2. Thereisnoadequatealternativetotestingonaliving,whole-body ,whilesometimesuseful,urringinthecentralnervoussystem,endocrinesystem,andimmunesystem.[9]ans.[15]Also,conditionssuchasblindnessandhighbloodpressurecannotbestudiedintissuecultures.[urate informationgleanedfromanimalresearchisusedtobuildthemodelsinthefirstplace.[16] 1. Animaltestingiscruelandinhumane. AccordingtoHumaneSocietyInternational,monlysubjectedtoforcefeeding,forcedinhalation,foodandwaterdeprivation,prolongedperiodsofphysicalrestraint,theinflictionofburnsandotherwoundstostudythehealingprocess,theinflictionofpaintostudyitseffectsandremedies,and"killingbycarbondioxideasphyxiation,neck-breaking,decapitation,orothermeans."[47]TheDraizeeyetest,paniestoevaluateirritationcausedbyshampoosandotherproducts,involvesrabbitsbeingincapacitatedinstockswiththeireyelidsheldopenbyclips,sometimesformultipledays,sotheycannotblinkawaythepr