Title: Alternatives for Animal Testing – Animal Testing
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Alternatives for Animal Testing
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Alternatives for Animal Testing
Allison Gutama / May 4, 2020 / Leave a comment / It’s animal testing necessary? Finding alternatives to completely stop animal testing is what people against this activity have been asking for. In the article, “Alternatives to animal testing: A review” by Doke et al, 2015 the author says that animal ethics is an issue as important as human welfare and because of that, alternatives methods for animal testing were proposed to overcome some of the drawbacks associated with animal experiments and avoid the unethical procedures. The alternatives methods are, Computer models, Cells and tissue cultures, Alternative organisms. Computer Models
Thanks to the advanced technology, scientists may use computers to “…design new medicines” Then, a series of simulations would predict the possible biological outcomes and “toxic effects of a chemical or potential drug.” no animal would be dissected when using this method, since the computer-generated simulation would play the role of an animal, in the experiment, to answer the scientific question. Cells and tissue cultures
The use of in vitro cells –cells outside the body– and “components like membrane fragments, cellular enzymes, can be used as an alternative for animal testing, to check the toxicity, irritancy, and efficacy of cosmetics, chemicals, and drugs. This means the cosmetology industry and others don’t need to use animal testing to prove their product’s efficacy, they can use Cells and tissue cultures alternative.