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The Importance of Animal Experimentation for Safety and Biomedical Research (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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The Importance of Animal Experimentation for Safety and Biomedical Research (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990)
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Scientists are coming under increasing pressure from activist
groups to stop animal experimentation, branded as cruel and
unnecessary for improving human health. This attitude, however,
stems from an unrealistic evaluation of the situation and distorted
information about present scientific knowledge. There is no
question that most medical progress - perhaps all, in fac- has been
attained through knowledge derived initially from experiments in
various animal species. There is practically no way of replacing
animals in these investigations and so-called 'alternative methods'
are in reality merely complementary. Tissue cultures, cell,
microorganisms, enzymes, membranes, mathematical models - all are
useful for preliminary screening tests and for testing hypotheses,
but the complexity of a living organism is such that in vivo
studies are essential before any test can responsibly be made in
man. This book presents the proceedings of an international
symposium organized in Strasbourg (October 24-25, 1988), with the
aim of assessing present-day requirements as regards animal
experimentation in research related to major medical and
toxicological problems still awaiting solutions.
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