Mary Brocklesby Professor J. Austin Floyd English 101 S09 19 November 2012 For the Love of Animals Most households today have a beloved cat‚ dog‚ rabbit‚ fish‚ or other pet of some sort that they unconditionally care for and protect. What if your pet had ended up in a laboratory‚ forced to undergo painful experiments‚ instead of in your care? Unfortunately‚ that has been the fate of millions of animals every year dating back since before the nineteenth century. Researchers believe they are
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Healthcare Consent legislation applies to everyone above the age of 18 (some places 16) and has the following rights (Ref 1) 1) The right to give or refuse consent 2) The right to choose a particular form of healthcare on any grounds including moral or religious grounds 3) The right to revoke consent 4) The right to expect that a decision to give‚ refuse or revoke consent will be respected 5) The right to be involved to the greatest degree possible in all case planning and decision making
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Should animals be used for scientific or commercial testing? From at least 1948‚ animals are being used by the U.S space program for testing aspects of space travel. Animals are used to help in medical treatments‚ determining the toxicity of medications‚ checking the safety of products for humans‚ and other commercial and biomedical uses. Though many say that there is no alternative method for researching a living organism‚ animals are so different from humans that the results are mostly irrelevant
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Islam Attalla Dr. Held BL 126.01 11 November 2010 Toxicology Environmental Toxicology is a young (1965) and interdisciplinary science that uses both basic and applied scientific knowledge to understand natural and human caused pollutants‚ life cycle and their impacts upon structure and functions of biological and ecological systems. Research in Environmental Toxicology includes both laboratory experiments and field studies. The main purpose of Environmental Toxicology wants to answer two main
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PHARMACOLOGY AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MED 1150 CHAPTER 1- Questions: 1‚ 2‚3‚4‚7‚10‚11‚13‚14‚15‚16‚18 CHAPTER REVIEW PAGE 18-20 QUIZ YOUR SELF 1. Describe the linguistic origin/etiology of the following words * Pharmacology: The study of drugs and the interactions with living tissue. * Origin of Pharmacology: Greek word pharmakon meaning medicine or drug * Drug: Any nonfood chemical substance that affect the mind and body. * Origin of Drug: Dutch word droog meaning
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Does rats have Rights? Gay rights advocates‚ feminists‚ and other civil rights groups have become familiar to most Americans today. But another group‚ equally militant‚ is making itself heard‚ and it promises to become a major force to be recognized: the anti-vivisectionists. They leave wheedled‚ nagged and sometimes bombed their opponents in the scientific world. Some of these groups have burned down university buildings‚ broken into labs‚ flung open cage doors and "liberated" cats‚ rabbits
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company gains a lot of profit and market share in this industry. Most of those companies were established in 19 century and early 20 century. This study explains their model development process of pharmaceutical industry‚ it details some issue like Thalidomide tragedy in 1970’s and legislation‚ then decreases the risk of side effect and protects the patient. The pharmaceutical industry pressured by economics and some new regulation from government for safety in 80’s. The current business model of pharmaceutical
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same structure different arrangement 3. Enantiomer/stereoisomer 1. Usually one is biologically active and the other is not 2. Pharmaceuticals- important because often one of the isomer is not as effective or could produce harmful effects (thalidomide) III. Polymers – Macromolecule of many identical or similar subunits (monomers) a. Condensation synthesis- process by which links monomers into polymers 1. 1 water molecule is removed for each monomer added (one monomer loses a hydroxyl group
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Persuasive Speech Subject: Animal Testing for Medical Purposes Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that animal testing is only ok if it is used for medical purposes only. Outline I. Introduction: A. Attention-getting device: Do you know anyone that has or had cancer? Or some other deadly disease? These diseases could be cured with a little more research and experimenting. How about painkillers? Have any of you had surgery and been under anesthesia? B. Preview: Those
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testing has there alternative ways by computer modeling in less expensive ways. The animal researchers spend roughly $14 billion dollars on research testing. Not all animals are going to react the same way the human body would for example in 1950 thalidomide also known as sleeping pills‚ 10‚000babies were born with the form and this drug was also tested on some of the animals around the world. Many people have different point of views about all of the animals around the world. In an american tradition
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