Animal Experimentation: Does the end justify the means?
Animal experimentation has played a vital role in obtaining scientific research for both human and animal health. The involvement of animal models used in experiments for the benefits of humans, has triggered several debates and controversy concerning animal welfare, the reliability of the experiments, the effects on humans and many other topics (Cohan & Regan, 2001). Several of these tests have involved the experimentation for human drugs for specific illness and diseases. This essay will be focusing on whether the end justifies the means of experiments conducted on animals for the development of drugs for humans. There have been many discoveries developed through this process, although there are also many negative outcomes this method has encountered (Cohan & Regan, 2001). This essay will discuss the human benefits received and the negative impacts on both humans and animals. By analysing these three aspects, the evidence provided will evaluate whether the end does justify the means of this method.
The development of various drugs have been assisted by animal testing which has saved numerous lives and become medical discoveries. Animal models have been used in animal laboratories to manipulate their bodies and induce the symptoms of the specific disease which is attempting to be cured. After gaining those symptoms, potential drugs are given to these creatures in order to reveal the effect of the drug. A successful example of this is a case of testing drugs for Parkinson disease. Initially, the mice were induced with the symptoms of the disease. The data received from these experiments revealed the cause of the disease which was the lack of an essential substance of the brain, dopamine (Vogel, 2007). Drugs were developed based on this information, and became a well known cure of this disease. It successfully worked in human bodies and translated into a number of effective cases. As this topic has attracted much controversy, many attempt to justify why they
The development of various drugs have been assisted by animal testing which has saved numerous lives and become medical discoveries. Animal models have been used in animal laboratories to manipulate their bodies and induce the symptoms of the specific disease which is attempting to be cured. After gaining those symptoms, potential drugs are given to these creatures in order to reveal the effect of the drug. A successful example of this is a case of testing drugs for Parkinson disease. Initially, the mice were induced with the symptoms of the disease. The data received from these experiments revealed the cause of the disease which was the lack of an essential substance of the brain, dopamine (Vogel, 2007). Drugs were developed based on this information, and became a well known cure of this disease. It successfully worked in human bodies and translated into a number of effective cases. As this topic has attracted much controversy, many attempt to justify why they