One of the terrifying effects of the effort to restrict the use of animals in
medical research is that the impact will not be felt for years and decades:
drugs that might have been discovered will not be; surgical techniques
that might have been developed will not be, and fundamental biological
processes that might have been understood will remain mysteries. There
is the danger that politically expedient solutions will be found to placate a
vocal minority, while the consequences of those decisions will not be
apparent until long after the decisions are made and the decision making
forgotten.
Fortunately, most of us enjoy good health, and the trauma of watching
one's child die has become a rare experience. Yet our good fortune should
not make us unappreciative of the health we enjoy or the advances that
make it possible. Vaccines, antibiotics, insulin and drugs to treat heart
disease, hypertension and stroke are all based on animal research. Most
complex surgical procedures, such as coronary-artery bypass and organ
transplantation, are initially developed in animals. Presently undergoing
animal studies are techniques to insert genes in humans in order to
replace the defective ones found to be the cause of so much disease.
These studies will effectively end if animal research is severely restricted.
One of the terrifying effects of the effort to restrict the use of animals in
medical research is that the impact will not be felt for years and decades:
drugs that might have been discovered will not be; surgical techniques
that might have been developed will not be, and fundamental biological
processes that might have been understood will remain mysteries. There
is the danger that politically expedient solutions will be found to placate a
vocal minority, while the consequences of those decisions will not be
apparent until long after the decisions are made and the decision making
forgotten.
Fortunately, most of us enjoy good health, and the trauma of watching
one's child die has become a rare experience. Yet our good fortune should
not make us unappreciative of the health we enjoy or the advances that
make it possible. Vaccines, antibiotics, insulin and drugs to treat heart
disease, hypertension and stroke are all based on animal research. Most
complex surgical procedures, such as coronary-artery bypass and organ
transplantation, are initially developed in animals. Presently undergoing
animal studies are techniques to insert genes in humans in order to
replace the defective ones found to be the cause of so much disease.
These studies will effectively end if animal research is severely restricted.
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