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1 lip 2014 · To help scientists and others band together to defend animal research, Jentsch has formed Pro-Test for Science, an online group that holds rallies and counter-protests. Jentsch spoke with the Monitor about his experiences and why it's vital for scientists to conduct research with nonhuman animals.
Even though scientists are continually trying to minimize the use of animals and to replace them with non-animal alternatives, animal research remains critical and necessary to comply with legal requirements, for ethical and safety reasons, and to address other scientific and practical considerations.
There are several reasons why the use of animals is critical for biomedical research: • Animals are biologically very similar to humans. In fact, mice share more than 98% DNA with us! • Animals are susceptible to many of the same health problems as humans – cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc.
12 lut 2020 · Animal testing, a scientist’s opinion. Interview with Professor PierFranco Conte, Full Professor of Oncology at the University of Padova and Director of the Division of Medical Oncology 2 at the Istituto Oncologico Veneto in Padova.
12 lut 2020 · Interview with Maurice Whelan, head of EURL ECVAM (European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) at the JRC (Joint Research Centre of the European Commission) in Ispra, Italy.
This article reviews the use of non-human animals in biomedical research from a historical viewpoint, providing an insight into the most relevant social and moral issues on this topic across time, as well as to how the current paradigm for ethically ...
We share 95% of our genes with a mouse, making them an effective model for the human body. Animals and humans are very similar; we have the same organ systems performing the same tasks in more or less the same way. Animals suffer from similar diseases to humans including cancers, TB, flu and asthma.
