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    Using animals for testing drugs is controversial as it can cause suffering but may provide human benefits. Animal experiments are commonly used to develop new medicines and test product safety, though they often cause pain or reduce animal quality of life. Animal testing is only acceptable if suffering is minimized and human benefits cannot be obtained through other methods. Animals like chimpanzees and mice are useful for testing because they share much of their DNA and biological functions with humans, making them susceptible to similar conditions. When testing potential toxins, using human volunteers would be unethical without first testing on animals. However, animal testing can be inhumane and alternative non-animal testing methods now exist and should replace the need for some animal experiments. While animal

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    Using animals for testing drugs is controversial as it can cause suffering but may provide human benefits. Animal experiments are commonly used to develop new medicines and test product safety, though they often cause pain or reduce animal quality of life. Animal testing is only acceptable if suffering is minimized and human benefits cannot be obtained through other methods. Animals like chimpanzees and mice are useful for testing because they share much of their DNA and biological functions with humans, making them susceptible to similar conditions. When testing potential toxins, using human volunteers would be unethical without first testing on animals. However, animal testing can be inhumane and alternative non-animal testing methods now exist and should replace the need for some animal experiments. While animal

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    Using animals for testing drugs is controversial as it can cause suffering but may provide human benefits. Animal experiments are commonly used to develop new medicines and test product safety, though they often cause pain or reduce animal quality of life. Animal testing is only acceptable if suffering is minimized and human benefits cannot be obtained through other methods. Animals like chimpanzees and mice are useful for testing because they share much of their DNA and biological functions with humans, making them susceptible to similar conditions. When testing potential toxins, using human volunteers would be unethical without first testing on animals. However, animal testing can be inhumane and alternative non-animal testing methods now exist and should replace the need for some animal experiments. While animal

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    Using animals for testing drugs is controversial as it can cause suffering but may provide human benefits. Animal experiments are commonly used to develop new medicines and test product safety, though they often cause pain or reduce animal quality of life. Animal testing is only acceptable if suffering is minimized and human benefits cannot be obtained through other methods. Animals like chimpanzees and mice are useful for testing because they share much of their DNA and biological functions with humans, making them susceptible to similar conditions. When testing potential toxins, using human volunteers would be unethical without first testing on animals. However, animal testing can be inhumane and alternative non-animal testing methods now exist and should replace the need for some animal experiments. While animal

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    Using animals for testing drugs-extreme cruelty or the need of the hour

    Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the
    safety of other products. Many of these experiments cause pain to the animals
    involved or reduce their quality of life in other ways. Experimenting on animals is
    acceptable if and only if suffering is minimized in all aspects and if human benefits
    which are gained could not be obtained by using other methods.

    One reason why we use animals for testing drugs is because the chimpanzees share
    99% of their DNA with humans, and mice are 98% genetically similar to humans. All
    mammals, including humans, are descended from common ancestors, and all have
    the same set of organs (heart, kidneys, lungs, etc.) that function in essentially the
    same way with the help of a bloodstream and central nervous system. Because
    animals and humans are so biologically similar, they are susceptible to many of the
    same conditions and illnesses, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

    When testing medicines for potential toxicity, the lives of human volunteers should
    not be put in danger unnecessarily. It would be unethical to perform invasive
    experimental procedures on human beings before the methods have been tested on
    animals, and some experiments involve genetic manipulation that would be
    unacceptable to impose on human subjects before animal testing. Animals must be
    used in cases when ethical considerations prevent the use of human subjects.

    Animal testing can be cruel and inhumane in some researches. According to Humane
    Society International, animals used in experiments are commonly subjected to
    force feeding, food and water deprivation, the infliction of burns and other wounds
    to study the healing process. Alternative testing methods now exist that can
    replace the need for animals. Other research methods such as in vitro testing
    (tests done on human cells or tissue in a petri dish) offer opportunities to reduce
    or replace animal testing.
    It is often argued that because animal experiments have been used for centuries,
    and medical progress has been made in that time, animal experiments must be
    necessary. Old habits die hard, and globally there is still a lack of knowledge of and
    expertise in cutting-edge non-animal techniques.

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