This very simply translates that you can find these compound atoms in various areas and they are all identical in physical properties‚ mass and composition‚ but very different biologically e.g thalidomide has two isomers one which can cause birth defects if a women takes them in the early stages of pregnancy and the other is harmless. Thus‚ the pharmaceutical industry need to ensure the products they test are 100% safe to use otherwise they will
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Prompt: Should animal experimentation be allowed to test drugs? Animal testing is the use of animals for scientific and medical research purposes. Animal experimentation is very prevalent nowadays and it became a common and an accepted means of testing by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Animal testing‚ however‚ dates back to many centuries even before Christ. It had started in Greece as indicated by the writings and the records of Greek physicians of the third and fourth centuries BC .Aristotle
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and have two reasons for this: uncertainty and expense. The first reason why we think that animal testing should be banned is uncertainty. Drugs that pass animal tests are not necessarily safe. For instance‚ in the 1950s‚ sleeping pill called thalidomide caused 10‚000 babies to be born with severe deformities even though it was tested on animals prior to its commercial release. This is still known as one of the most tragic medicine accidents‚ reminding us of unreliability of animal testing. Moreover
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famous inflection called brucella. If researchers do not protect themselves well‚ they will get disease and spread it to other people. Moreover‚ the results obtained from animal testing might not suitable for human beings (Larry‚ 2004). For example‚ Thalidomide was a drug that came out of the German market in sixties of the twentieth century. Despite this apparent ’safety testing’‚ tens of thousands of children who’s mothers had used this drug were born with severe deformities. The final reason
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Discontinue Animal Testing Each year‚ over 100 million animals are left dead or physically and psychologically distressed. This is due to cosmetic‚ drug‚ medication‚ or even curiosity animal testing. Similar tests have been going on since almost 500 BC. Joseph Phoenix said‚ “It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal”. Animal Testing is heartless and unkind‚ because scientists can run tests without animals‚ animal testing doesn’t help find human results‚ medication works differently
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I’m going to talk about women that are pregnant and the effects that smoking‚ drinking and drugs has on the fetus. Have you ever thought what can happen to a pregnant woman and her fetus who has life style like this? Just imagine what the condition of the fetus will be if the mother would do one of these things. When woman is pregnant it is very important that she takes care of herself because whatever she does reflects directly on to the unborn child. I would also like to focus on not just the
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INTRODUCTIONS Leprosy‚ also called Hansen’s disease‚ is a chronic infectious disease that primarily affects the skin‚ the peripheral nerves‚ the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract‚ and the eyes. Leprosy can lead to progressive permanent damage of these structures‚ and the resulting devastating disfigurement and disability has led to the historical social stigma and isolation (leper colonies) of those affected by the disease. LEPROSY Leprosy is an infectious disease that has been known since
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Animal testing is used for many products worldwide. Also animal testing is used for a wide range of things‚ such as items in houses and medicines. Many places test on animals‚ such as private facilities‚ universities‚ and government laboratories. A big debate in today’s society is whether or not scientist should use animals for testing. Most of the animals die during or after the testing. Typing animal testing on images on the Internet it is most likely that gruesome images of rabbits‚ mice
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childhood cancer has decreased markedly from 95% to 25%‚ this we have animal testing to thank for. This is one of the factors to why I think that animal testing is good and should be allowed. Firstly‚ we all have at some point met someone with Thalidomide damage which is a disease that came with an analgesic tablet for pregnant women. It was released way too early and were withdrawn very slowly. As a consequence there was severe malformations in thousands
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Testing‚ Testing‚ 1‚ 2‚ 3! By: Leah Williams English 102 Robert Dela-Cruz February 25‚2013 Testing‚ Testing‚ 1‚ 2‚ 3 Animal testing is a hot topic now days. Though it may not be well known‚ animal protection did not start until the 1800’s. The United State Department of Agricultural (USDA) issued a law in 1966 to protect certain animals against animal cruelty and neglect. This law does not protect rodents‚ reptiles‚ and/or birds. While these animals are being tested on‚ no matter
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