Coxen-Source A by Kayley Coxen https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt en-us 2017-04-10 16:15:05 UTC 2026-02-18 03:04:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Why are Animals Used? kmcoxen19 https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717046 http://www.animalresearch.info/en/designing-research/why-animals-are-used/]]> 2017-04-10 16:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717046 1 kmcoxen19 https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717164 Animals are used in research in 4 different ways. 
1. "advance scientific understanding"
2. "As models to study disease."
3. "To develop and test potential forms of treatment."
4. "To protect the safety of people, animals, and the environment."]]> 2017-04-10 16:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717164 2 kmcoxen19 https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717173 "Many basic cell processes are the same in all animals, and the bodies of animals are like humans in the way that they perform many vital functions such as breathing, digestion, movement, sight, hearing and reproduction. To treat disease, doctors and scientists must understand how the healthy body works. This, in turn, leads to an understanding of what happens to the body when we fall ill and how this can be put right."]]> 2017-04-10 16:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717173 3 kmcoxen19 https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717178 Even simple animals can be used to study complex biological systems such as the nervous or immune systems, which follow the same basic organisation and function in all humans.]]> 2017-04-10 16:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717178 4 kmcoxen19 https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717182 Humans and animals share hundreds of illnesses, therefore animals are helping humans.]]> 2017-04-10 16:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717182 5 kmcoxen19 https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717192 "Dogs suffer from cancer, diabetes, cataracts, ulcers and bleeding disorders such as hemophilia, which make them natural candidates for research into these disorders. Cats suffer from some of the same visual impairments as humans. From such models we learn how disease affects thebody, how the immune system responds, who will be affected, and more.

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]]> 2017-04-10 16:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717192 6 kmcoxen19 https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717195 Studying disease mechanisms in animal models leads directly to the development of new technologies and medicines that can benefit most humans and animals]]> 2017-04-10 16:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717195 7 kmcoxen19 https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717202 "Recent advances in genetic technology have allowed the development of transgenic animals, which have new genes inserted into their DNA, allowing them to develop human diseases which do not naturally affect them. In particular this has allowed mice to model many human diseases which were previously difficult to study."]]> 2017-04-10 16:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717202 8 kmcoxen19 https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717205 "Once researchers learn more about a particular disease, animals are used to develop and test these potential therapies as part of the applied research process. For example, medicines for Parkinson's disease have been developed using animal models with induced Parkinson's-like symptoms."]]> 2017-04-10 16:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717205 9 kmcoxen19 https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717207 Diagnostic tools such as scanners, and implants  were developed and tested in animals. Many surgical techniques, such as open heart surgery and heart transplants, rely on methods and equipment that were developed using animals.]]> 2017-04-10 16:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717207 10 kmcoxen19 https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717215 "New medicines require testing because researchers must measure both the beneficial and the harmful effects of a compound on a whole organism. A medicine is initially tested in vitro using tissues and isolated organs, but legally and ethically it must also be tested in a suitable animal model before clinical trials in humans can take place."]]> 2017-04-10 16:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kmcoxen19/31gpnsb67frt/wish/165717215