Medical Testing On Animals
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Animals have been used in medical research for centuries. In a recent
count, it was determined that 8,815 animals were being used for research at
MSU, 8,503 of them rodents - rats, mice, hamsters and gerbils. There were
18 dogs, three cats and a variety of goats, ferrets, pigeons and rabbits.
The ....
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.... virtually every advance in
medical science in the 20th century, from antibiotics to organ transplants,
has been achieved either directly or indirectly through the use of animals
in laboratory experiments. They also emphasize that animal research holds
the key for solutions to AIDS, cancer, heart disease, aging and congenital
defects. Lastly they insist that, the result of these experiments has been
the elimination or control of many infectious diseases. This has meant a
longer, healthier , b ....
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