Can Medical Research on Animals be Justified?

Can Medical Research on Animals be Justified?

No one relishes using animals for experimentation, but the medical community has long insisted that such research helps develop potentially life-saving drugs and treatments. Is this justification compelling enough to continue using animals for medical research?

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death
sorry for the late response

i fully acknowledge that animal testing can be sketchy and a bit of a gamble when applied to... Read More

- death | July 3, 2009 5:32AM

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