Animals & Research: Think how far we've come

Animal research is an important part of the research process when developing new treatments and medicines for patients. No one likes the idea, but as science has not evolved enough to make animal research unnecessary -- for now, this is how we make sure medicines are safe.

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[happinesson]

animal life needs to be sacrifice for others to survive. this is a sad fact of life.

[itsmichellecullen]

No... just... just no. There is no reason for innocent animals to have to go through hell and back for humans. They are not our slaves. We do not own them.

[TheBrandonStorm]

@nervousneuron P.S. Yes Vegan, and you're welcome to denounce everything I've said as folly since I do have pets (obviously meaning I'm into animal imprisonment, negating biological necessities, squashing natural behavioural urges and I'm sure you can think of a few more).

[corycatlady]

Animal experimenation is TORTURE to animals and FRAUD to human beings.

[smiley082385]

This is an awesome video! I am a Laboratory Animal Animal Tech @ a University and I frequently see both sides of this ongoing battle between animal activists and scientists. We have made a lot of progress just the 3 years that I have been here. It is always sad when you see life lost, but as a Tech I do absolutely everything that I can to make sure our animals are pain free, disease free, and their cage surroundings are as close to natural as can be.

[daman2344]

I wonder how many potential cures we have missed because they don't work, or have bad side effects on certain animals but not humans?

I've heard penicillin might not have made it through, as it kills hamsters or something

[nervousneuron]

@TheBrandonStorm

How do you use those methods to look at behaviour? How can computer modeling predict how an animal behave... without the use of animal data in the first place!

Research with no results is not a problem of animal research, but research itself. The same applies for human studies.

This video said nothing about a dog vs human. More like knowledge vs animal deaths (hope you're a vegan and don't own pets)

[TheBrandonStorm]

Is this a joke?

Has no one heard of the wide range of alternatives? Corrositex? Computer modeling? Improved statistical design? The Murine Local Lymph Node Assay (LLNA)? The list goes on.

How about just the fact that an uncountable amount of research yields no results, let alone results that can continue to human testing which then often yield no results (because we are different species)?

This video makes it seem like it's a kill a dog or a human scenario, completely incorrect and skewed.

[LondonProphet]

Nice video - good to see someone tackling this tricky issue

[MrGordonyee]

Most people are reasonable, and most people against animals in research have not been given sufficient information. This is a reasonable statement, put forth in a reasonable way, leading to just one reasonable choice.

Very nicely done, thanks.