In Vivo Research
Animal research practices in various degrees are happening in all different places for different
reasons. Some animals are injected with pain killers for certain procedures and others proceed in painful
ways. In the article “Animal Testing Necessary in Medical Research” Lauren Myers points the
importance and necessity of animal testing in medical research, while on the other hand Claire Andre
and Manuel Velasquez oppose to the researches and express the cruelty these animals are going
through. Though controversial I presuppose that animal research is inevitable to avoid unforeseen side
effects, cure more diseases, and in the long run saving human species.
What would happen if varieties of medical products were brought to market without proper or
sufficient pre testing? We wouldn’t know many of the side effects that would eventually cause all sorts
of health problems like fragmentations, infections, or death. Vitek’s implant for instance was presented
to the marketplace without proper testing, “Soon after its introduction in 1983, the FDA began receiving
reports that Vitek’s implant was fragmenting in patients’ jaws, triggering a chemical reaction that
literally eroded away their jawbones”, says Myers (257). It’s crucial that medical products be tested
before reaching patients, if the right testing was performed, many people wouldn’t have suffered from eroded jawbones.
HIV/AIDS, influenza, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, cancer, schizophrenia, and so many more of
these diseases are incurable. If scientists continue to use animals for medical researches it may be in our
favor to discover cures to these severe diseases and help save more lives one by one. People suffer so
much from these diseases and sometimes don’t even get to live through teen years.
In addition to unforeseen side effects and finding more cures, animal research for medical
purposes will help the existing of
reasons. Some animals are injected with pain killers for certain procedures and others proceed in painful
ways. In the article “Animal Testing Necessary in Medical Research” Lauren Myers points the
importance and necessity of animal testing in medical research, while on the other hand Claire Andre
and Manuel Velasquez oppose to the researches and express the cruelty these animals are going
through. Though controversial I presuppose that animal research is inevitable to avoid unforeseen side
effects, cure more diseases, and in the long run saving human species.
What would happen if varieties of medical products were brought to market without proper or
sufficient pre testing? We wouldn’t know many of the side effects that would eventually cause all sorts
of health problems like fragmentations, infections, or death. Vitek’s implant for instance was presented
to the marketplace without proper testing, “Soon after its introduction in 1983, the FDA began receiving
reports that Vitek’s implant was fragmenting in patients’ jaws, triggering a chemical reaction that
literally eroded away their jawbones”, says Myers (257). It’s crucial that medical products be tested
before reaching patients, if the right testing was performed, many people wouldn’t have suffered from eroded jawbones.
HIV/AIDS, influenza, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, cancer, schizophrenia, and so many more of
these diseases are incurable. If scientists continue to use animals for medical researches it may be in our
favor to discover cures to these severe diseases and help save more lives one by one. People suffer so
much from these diseases and sometimes don’t even get to live through teen years.
In addition to unforeseen side effects and finding more cures, animal research for medical
purposes will help the existing of