On average‚ 26 million animals are tested every year for commercial and scientific testing in the United States. Animals are tested to develop cures and treatments‚ check safety of human designed products‚ and toxicity of medications. Research on living animals has been done since at least 500BC. Although animal testing is wrong - because it is cruel and humane - there is no need for testing on poor innocent creatures when there are alternative testing methods. 95% of animals used in experiments
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SIGNIFICANCE Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer-death in the world. In 2012‚ 782‚000 people were diagnosed and 95% mortality rate makes it the sixth most common cancer [1]. HCC in early stages is usually asymptomatic. When symptoms do occur they are usually mistaken for other liver diseases. Therefore‚ early diagnosis of HCC is extremely challenging. Surgical resection and liver transplant are the best treatment options for early stage HCC (BCLC stage 0 or A [2])
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SPECIAL REPORT Green Chemistry in California: A Framework for Leadership in Chemicals Policy and Innovation Michael P. Wilson with Daniel A. Chia and Bryan C. Ehlers Prepared for: The California Senate Environmental Quality Committee The California Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials CALIFORNIA POLICY RESEARCH CENTER U N I V E R S IT Y O F CA L I FO R N I A Copyright© 2006 by the Regents of the University of California All rights reserved California
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Vitamin D HW205 Kaplan University Vitamin D is actually not classified as a vitamin. It is considered a prohormone and its active form functions as a hormone. In the earlier years Vitamin D was always associated directly with milk. As the progression of research has shown‚ Vitamin D is prominent in many foods. The most vitamin D rich foods are milk‚ margarine‚ fortified cereals‚ fortified orange juice‚ canned tuna and other fish such as mackerel and salmon‚ and some whole
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MLT1: ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVE LAB Western Governor’s University When antimicrobials are used to treat an infection‚ the antimicrobial used is based on selective toxicity. Selective toxicity is when the agent selected kills or inhibits the bacteria without causing serious harm to the host. The agent must interact with a function or structure of the microbe that is not present or is very different from the host. There are two different types of antimicrobial agents: antibiotics and antimicrobial
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evidence‚ and has better alternatives. Animal is tested to be proven as inhumane. Scientists operate harsh actions that are cruel to the animal population. They test new drugs by infecting animals with diseases; scientists also poison animals for toxicity testing‚ burn the animal’s bare skin‚ which causes brain damage‚ and also implants electrodes into the brain. For some of these protocols‚ animals could be forced to live without food and water‚ live in long-term social isolation‚ and being separated
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to highly sensitive areas such as carotid arterial areas and chambers of the eye can be highly toxic. The way it is metabolized in various patients can also have an effect on toxicity‚ as well as the sensitivity of the patient. As a whole‚ penicillins as a class are non-toxic (Stewart‚ 1994). They may acquire direct toxicity from their cations and from substituents such as benzathine or procaine if very large doses are given‚ though allergies of individuals should always be
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vectors used 8.First‚ a major challenge in therapeutic genome-editing technologies is the potential for off-target effects which mostly result into permanent genetic modification leading to introduction of unwanted mutations.These may impact potential toxicity to the target host 3. Additionally‚ undesired modifications may lead to the functional loss of a particular gene and also result into reduced fitness of the edited cells. 2. For example‚ cancer may arise from mutations in tumour suppressor‚
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CHF Heart Failure: failure of the cardiac muscle to pump blood to meet the body’s metabolic needs CHF is a complication that can result from problems such as cardiomyopathy‚ valvular heart disease‚ endocarditis‚ Acute MI Left-sided failure pulmonary congestion dyspnea‚ Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea Pulmonary edema‚ rales (crackles) cough blood-tinged‚ frothy sputum
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it is probably a bad idea to put such facilities in close proximity to children‚ or any residential area. During the course of this research I used a website (USA Today) to look up my old school and found that the chemical most responsible for toxicity around my old school was sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid is used in the production of fertilizer‚ which makes sense because the San Joaquin Valley is the states top agricultural producing region‚ sometimes called the “nations salad bowl.” Sulfuric acid
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