Convincing evidence that pain research facility are necessary for human medical research

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Research on animals is important in understanding diseases
and developing ways to prevent them. The polio vaccine,
kidney transplants, heart surgery techniques, effective
treatments for diabetes, diphtheria, and other diseases have all
been developed with the help of animal research.
 
With the help of animal research, smallpox has been wiped out worldwide. Microsurgery to reattach hearts, lungs, and other transplants are all possible because of animal research.

Since the turn of the century, animal research has helped increase our life-span by nearly 28 years. And now, animal research is leading to dramatic progress against AIDS and Alzheimer's disease.

Working with animals in research is necessary. Scientists need to test medical treatments for effectiveness and test new drugs for safety before beginning human testing. Small animals, usually rats, are used to determine the possible side effects of new drugs. After animal tests have proven the safety of new drugs, patients asked to participate in further studies can be assured that they may fare better, and will not do worse than if they were given standard treatment or no treatment.
 
There is no alternative to animal research. Living systems are complex. The nervous system, blood and brain chemistry, and gland secretions are all interrelated. It is impossible to explore, explain or predict the course of many diseases or the effects of many treatments without observing and testing the entire living system.
 
 
 

Please note that the same arguments apply to research on humans. As animal research itself proves, non-human animals are very similar to human beings, so that it is reasonable to say that they feel physical and mental pain and distress just like humans do. And yet, as animal research itself proves, they are different enough from human beings so that results obtained from research on non-human animals cannot be translated directly to humans. It is probably true, that medical research would be severely hindered by disallowing violent research on non-human animals, just as it is severely hindered by excluding violent research on nonconsenting humans.

You would do good to respect your brother's choice not to register to an institution that performs torture on animals. If for no other reason, than for his own personal well-being. One day may come, and it may not be far, that the brutal violation of the basic rights of non-human animals will meet a proportionate response from empathic humans. At the very least people who have a degree from an institution that supported animal torture my find their degree unrecognized by law, by the academic world and by the employment market.

There is little conclusive proof that the results and findings from toxicology testing on animals is relevant to humans. Research companies are restricted from experimenting on humans and animals are the obvious next best thing.  Personally I am inclined towards your brothers viewpoint. I believe there is no excuse for causing suffering to any creature human or animal. There are a whole range of alternatives to animal testing. The Body Shop, as one example has never been involved in animal testing yet is a commercial success.

I learned of an animal research facility some years ago in the UK which uses dogs predominantly but also rabbits and rats. They had 4 tons per week of carcases and excrements wastes per week.... and that's just one research facility.