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ShouldAnimalsBeUdforScientific

Rearch？MyAnsweris，yes！

作者：王佩昕

来源：《校园英语·月末》2018年第11期

Fortimebeing，themostcontroversialbutwidely-udanimalrearch，alsoknownasanimal

experimentationoranimaltestinghasaringreatpublicconcernsincealivingorganismisan

importantchoiceforthestudyofmostdiasandhealthissues.

Tomanypeople，whooppoanimaltesting，itiscruel，inhumaneandmorallyoffensiveto

uanimalsinmedicalrearch，cosmetictesting，disctionandmanyotherpurpos.

Moreover，animalsarenotcompletelyconsistentwithhumanbeingthatanimalrearchesarelikely

whoapprovemaysaythattheanimalsarethemostappropriatetestingsubjectsfor

erearchesbadonexperimentalanimalsthat

inion，animalstestingshould

beudforscientificrearch.

Firstly，ingtoCBRAFact

Sheet：WhyAreAnimalsNecessaryinBiomedicalRearch？（2013），‘Chimpanzeesshare

99%oftheirDNAwithhumans，andmiceare98%geneticallysimilartohumans.’Asmentioned

above，becauofthesimilarbodysystem，animalsandhumanscouldhavethesamehealth

problemstoalargeextent，suchascancer，heartdia，diabetesandothers（Wright，

Kazdin，&Effron，2012）.Byexperimentingonanimals，theeffectsofeachtreatmentcanbe

easilystudied，

（1995）broughtforwardanargumentthat，theinstrumentalprogressinmedicineshavesaved

infinitelives，hecircumstances，

animalsudinexperimentationdorveasappropriaterearchsubjects.

Secondly，consideringtherearchesforhealthissuesaresignificant，animalsareinevitably

ecily，someexperimentsarerisky，unethicalandimpracticaltouhumanbeingas

tance，thedrugsorthetreatmentsofsomerarediaslikeHIV/AIDS，

undiscoveredcancersandbacterialinfectionscannotbeudonhumanbeforescientistnsuretheir

ally，genetic

manipulationsareinvolvedinsomekindofexperiments，whichareforbiddentoapplytohuman

subjectsprimarily（SpeakingofRearch，2013）.Similarly，samestatementsarealsorelead

ontheWorldMedicalAssociationDeclarationofHelsinki（2013）.Therefore，animalsarethe

mostsuitableforrearchsubjects.