Facts About Animals In Medical Research

Facts and Myths - Animal Research at Stanford

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Fact: Approximately 95% of the total number of animals needed for medical and scientific inquiry in the U.S. are rodents. Most of the animals needed for medical and scientific inquiry in the U.S. are rodents (for example, rats and mice), and they are …

Research using animals: an overview | University of Oxford

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Research using animals: an overview. Around half the diseases in the world have no treatment. Understanding how the body works and how diseases progress, and finding cures, vaccines or treatments, can take …

Animal Testing Facts and Statistics | PETA

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Animals in Medical Education and Research | AAMC

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The AAMC affirms the responsibility of the academic medical community to ensure that the use of animals in laboratory research and medical education is judicious, responsible, …

Patterns of Animal Use - Use of Laboratory Animals in …

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Animals are used for a variety of purposes in the United States—for food and other products; in sports and entertainment; for companionship; for the production of enzymes, hormones, and other biological products; and in …

Animal Testing | Pros & Cons | ProCon.org

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An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Animals are used to develop medical treatments, …

11 Animal Testing Statistics The Will Blow Your Mind

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It’s as if the government were saying, “I’m sorry, but you’re just not animal enough” to the tens of millions of rats, mice, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians who constitute 99% of the animals used in laboratories yet …

The Importance of Animal Testing in Biomedical …

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The Importance of Animal Research. Research Advancing Health. The goal of biomedical research is to translate discoveries and observations in the laboratory or clinic into new therapies. Biomedical research …

11 Facts About Animal Testing | DoSomething.org

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11 Facts About Animal Testing Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year. [1] 92% of experimental drugs that are safe and effective in animals fail in human …