Sorry i haven't been posting a lot - busy with applications and exams.
So i recently just did a presentation about Animal Testing and i came across a quite interesting thing. I didn't know that it existed because it was invented before i was even born but as i was doing my research i came across it.
It's a sleeping pill called Thalidomide and i used it to back up my point about how animal testing really isn't an effective method to discover new medicines. This sleeping pill was introduced in around 1960s and it was claimed to help pregnant women with morning sickness problems.
The important thing is, they emphasised on how safe it is for even pregnant women because they tested this sleeping pill on a specific type of ape, which has one of the most similar body functions etc. to humans.
And the result? Thousands of babies born with missing organs and birth defects.
Which is why animal testing is so senseless because this is an excellent example of how we cannot compare the body functions of animals and humans.
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Sidenote: Will get to replying all the messages soon!
So i recently just did a presentation about Animal Testing and i came across a quite interesting thing. I didn't know that it existed because it was invented before i was even born but as i was doing my research i came across it.
It's a sleeping pill called Thalidomide and i used it to back up my point about how animal testing really isn't an effective method to discover new medicines. This sleeping pill was introduced in around 1960s and it was claimed to help pregnant women with morning sickness problems.
The important thing is, they emphasised on how safe it is for even pregnant women because they tested this sleeping pill on a specific type of ape, which has one of the most similar body functions etc. to humans.
And the result? Thousands of babies born with missing organs and birth defects.
Which is why animal testing is so senseless because this is an excellent example of how we cannot compare the body functions of animals and humans.
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Sidenote: Will get to replying all the messages soon!
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