Medical Ethics Animal Research How has animal research helped humans? ... Here is a short list of breakthroughs that were brought about through animal research: Antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infections; Vaccines for smallpox, tetanus, diphtheria, polio, measles, hepatitis B and chicken pox, gene therapy, Insulin to control diabetes; Chemotherapy for cancer patients; Pacemaker implants to treat cardiac patients; Discovery of the HIV virus and development of drugs to control the progression of AIDS; Organ transplantation techniques. How are animals exploited ...

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Farms and ranches raise mainly cows and pigs for the slaughter. The animals are fed hormones to bulk them up. ... (www.madcow/UK/orgins.htm) In short the mad cow disease caused rapid deterioration of the brain, buildup of fluids in the spine until the spine effectively dissolves. ... Animals are driven in cramped flatbed trucks to the slaughterhouse. ... this report concentrates on the safety of meat and the farms and the factories are the only concerns of this writer regarding microorganisms. ...

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Group1 1 OUR FOOD SYSTEM After a long hard day of work you sit down in your comfortable recliner and open up your favorite snack. But when you reach into grab a piece, you pull out a dead bug. Suddenly many thoughts come into your mind, you wonder how did the bug get there and was it dead or...

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