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 What are the alternatives to animal testing? (7)

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What are the alternatives to animal testing?

I'm guessing that we are all against animal testing, but what can we do instead?

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I'm not against animal testing if it is for human medicines and there are not other feasible options. It's certainly better than human testing, or just letting humans die of potentially preventable sickness.

I don't think a hardline against animal testing would be the majority opinion at all actually.

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I'm not use what I think about animal testing when it comes to medicine. When we test makeup on animals, i think that's wrong. What are the alternatives? I'm not sure if there are really any. If it is for something like makeup, we could just have extra tests. But it gets a little foggy when it comes to animal testing of medicine.

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There are many alternatives, from cell cultures to computer models. We can use microdosing, in vitro studies, using cadavers, and stem cell research, epidemiological studies, human clinical trials, use of "microbrains", episkin, artificial or donated bone marrow, use of egg membranes, donated blood samples. There are literally dozens of alternatives, most, if not all of which are quicker, more accurate, and less expensive than animal testing.

The AIDS cocktail was developed via computer analysis and is our best line of defense in managing the HIV virus. Insulin and penicillin failed in animal studies but are very effective in humans. On the other hand, animal studies indicated beneficial results of thalidomide, which caused serious issues in humans.

Pharmagene Lab is a cruelty-free lab that produces a number of medicines, without testing on animals, so it can be done.

It takes 5 years, 800 animals, and $4 million dollars to test a single chemical, which has about 10% accuracy. By using appropriate alternative methods, for the same prices, in one week, 350 chemicals could be tested without the use of any animals and have an accuracy rate of 90 - 95%.

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Human testing.

Other than that, none.

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The alternative to animal testing: people testing! Dr.s Josef Mengele and Shiro Ishii showed how harmful that can be, though.

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Huuuuuman Testing.

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Simple we can save animals from being tested upon and just use religious conservative republicans, it will be fine they stopped evolving long ago, besides it's for the greater good of humanity and there potential offspring inheriting there disease, we are really doing them a favor.