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Animal experimentation should (not) be prohibited

Maria Fernanda Franco, Fiamma Mesarina, Diana Quispe

Faculty of Human Sciences, Peruvian University of Applied Sciences

TR38: English TI 3

Prof. Rocio Eva Oré Vasquez

November 12th, 2022

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Animal experimentation should (not) be prohibited

This essay discussed both sides of the argument on animal testing. As we have seen,

animals are widely used to satisfy human needs. Some people believe that it is inhumane and that

animal rights should be respected, while others believe it is crucial for the development of human

treatments. Nowadays, the development of technology has created a significant number of

options that could replace animals in these cases, we believe that a solution to this debate is to

find a suitable replacement for animal testing. For example, In-vitro testing uses “organs-on-

chips” that contain human cells and imitates the function of organs and their systems, which

could eliminate the need for the use of animals for testing because these can replicate human

physiology perfectly. Also, some evidence demonstrates that the results of in vitro testing are

more accurate than animal experiments. However, the reality is that researchers still hold the

false belief that animal experimentation is the "gold standard". Since some of them consider that

these alternatives are unreliable. For this reason, it is essential to keep diffusing information

about this topic and request researchers to conduct a rigorous and accurate search for the

alternatives that have been developed worldwide in recent years.

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