How do we benefit from animal research?
Animal research has helped us to make life-changing
discoveries, from new vaccines and medicines to transplant
procedures, anaesthetics and blood transfusions. Millions of
lives have been saved or improved as a result.
Animal research has been important in the development of
many major medical advances. Studies that use animals have
played a role in the prevention or treatment of conditions as
diverse as tuberculosis, diabetes, polio, Parkinson’s disease,
muscular dystrophy and high blood pressure.
Other examples include:
Asthma inhalers Both ‘reliever’ and ‘preventer’ inhalers
were developed after work on guinea pigs and frogs. One in 10
children currently receives treatment for asthma.
Meningitis vaccines have led to a huge fall in certain types of
the disease. Cases of meningitis C in the UK are now rare, down
from 700 per year only a decade ago.
Leukaemia treatments including chemotherapy. Today, 8 out
of 10 children diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukaemia
survive for at least five years. 25 years ago, 7 out of 10 with the
disease died within five years.
Organ transplants Heart and kidney transplant techniques,
plus vital anti-rejection medication, were developed using
animals. In 2009–2010, 3,700 people received major organ
transplants via the NHS.
Does research benefit animals too?
Yes. Conditions exclusive to animals, as well as the ones they
share with people, are now better understood and can be more
effectively treated, thanks – in part – to animal research. Most
animal medicines such as antibiotics are based on those used by
people.
Diabetes Studies to explore the treatment of diabetes with
insulin involved animals such as dogs and rabbits. Today, insulin
is used to treat the condition in animals as well as in people.
Pasteurellosis A vaccine developed through research on
450 calves now allows us to prevent pasteurellosis – a severe
respiratory disease that used to affect 1 in 5 cattle – and has
How do we benefit from animal research?
Animal research has helped us to make life-changing
discoveries, from new vaccines and medicines to transplant
procedures, anaesthetics and blood transfusions. Millions of
lives have been saved or improved as a result.
Animal research has been important in the development of
many major medical advances. Studies that use animals have
played a role in the prevention or treatment of conditions as
diverse as tuberculosis, diabetes, polio, Parkinson’s disease,
muscular dystrophy and high blood pressure.
Other examples include:
Asthma inhalers Both ‘reliever’ and ‘preventer’ inhalers
were developed after work on guinea pigs and frogs. One in 10
children currently receives treatment for asthma.
Meningitis vaccines have led to a huge fall in certain types of
the disease. Cases of meningitis C in the UK are now rare, down
from 700 per year only a decade ago.
Leukaemia treatments including chemotherapy. Today, 8 out
of 10 children diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukaemia
survive for at least five years. 25 years ago, 7 out of 10 with the
disease died within five years.
Organ transplants Heart and kidney transplant techniques,
plus vital anti-rejection medication, were developed using
animals. In 2009–2010, 3,700 people received major organ
transplants via the NHS.
Does research benefit animals too?
Yes. Conditions exclusive to animals, as well as the ones they
share with people, are now better understood and can be more
effectively treated, thanks – in part – to animal research. Most
animal medicines such as antibiotics are based on those used by
people.
Diabetes Studies to explore the treatment of diabetes with
insulin involved animals such as dogs and rabbits. Today, insulin
is used to treat the condition in animals as well as in people.
Pasteurellosis A vaccine developed through research on
450 calves now allows us to prevent pasteurellosis – a severe
respiratory disease that used to affect 1 in 5 cattle – and has
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