Use of Animals in Research

... Use of Animals in Research Of the vast numbers of scientific findings made over the last century, perhaps none has improved human health and longevity more than the developments that have occurred through biomedical research using animals. Federal support over the past century has enabled researchers to continue the extraordinary medical progress that has saved and improved the quality of millions of lives. For example, tuberculosis - once a common scourge - is rare today and generally curable, although new strains resistant to current treatment are on the rise. Smallpox and cholera epidemics no longer rage; babies are no longer born deformed because their mothers had the German measles. Serious depression no longer means spending a lifetime of suffering in and out of hospitals. Medical research, based on animal research, has extended our life expectancy by more than a decade. Yet some would like to prohibit the use of animals

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