Humane Research Australia Ad 1 Cat

The number of animals used for research in Australia is over 7 million... every year.
Animal testing is unreliable and unnecessary, because there is a better way.

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Pets & Animals

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• animal
• experiment
• research
• testing
• humane
• alternatives

[celticzebra]

@ChrisE261 According to the US FDA nine out of ten experimental drugs fail in clinical studies as we cannot accurately predict how they will behave in people based on laboratory and animal studies. Consider the MILLIONS of people who are dying of cancer for which there might now be a cure had we focused on species-specific research!

[celticzebra]

@ChrisE261 You are uninformed about the testing technology available now (not just cells in test tubes!) those methods are the future of medicine; use of other species is inaccurate and archaic by comparison!

[HumaneResearchAust]

@ChrisE261 Fortunately alternatives have progressed a long way since cells in test tubes ;-)

Cell cultures are unreliable due to genetic, molecular and metabolic differences, so progressing to an entire animal will mean that those variables increase exponentially. More recent technologies such as microdosing and micro-fluidic chips mean that multiple HUMAN organs can be assessed. This means that the research is species-specific and far more likely to yield useful results for human medicine.

[celticzebra]

Great work - proud member of HRA

[celticzebra]

@ChrisE261 A drug or treatment developed using animals does not prove the animal model as best method of research. According to the US FDA nine out of ten experimental drugs fail in clinical studies as we cannot accurately predict how they will behave in people based on laboratory and animal studies. Imagine all the potential cures we must have disregarded! Consider the MILLIONS of people who are dying of cancer for which there might now be a cure had we focused on species-specific research!

[HumaneResearchAust]

@ChrisE261 My understanding is that there is no cure for Maroteaux-Lamy disease only treatment to slow progression of the disease. This is often the case for many ailments. If however, all our resources went into species-specific research we would be closer to eliminating these disorders rather than merely managing them.

[vegankitten]

Love the advert. Great work!!! ... Another proud member of HRA.

[celticzebra]

@ChrisE261"A treatment that was developed thanks to the use of cats" - This presumes the results in cats was the predicter of success in humans, in another species it may never have made it to humans, this is often the case. There would be a validated non-animal test to bring the treatment to humans, probably faster and with less side effects. The animal model has never been validated as being any more predictive of safety and efficacy in humans than the flipping of a coin! It is bad science.

[celticzebra]

@ChrisE261

[paintitvegan]

Great video. Thanks for all you guys do for animals- I'm a proud member of HRA!