Animal testing
...tions on the pig without endangering human life. It is safer this way because these drugs can often produce severe side effects that would harm humans. Testing medications on animals is also safer because most animals have a very advanced immune system which will allow them to get over the side effects more quickly than humans could. Animal testing is very cost effective as compared to testing on humans. First of all when you test on humans you must pay them to be tested, then often you must pay to treat them for side effects. Animal testing is only a one time cost, and since animals can be bought for a relatively lower cost than it would cost to pay humans, you can test more specimen. This lowers the margin of negative anomalies and gives a more realistic result. Also many animals that are used in testing weigh significantly less than a human, which allows medical technicians to use a smaller amount of the medication being tested, which in turn also lowers cost. Animal testing is a very productive way to research medical technology. If one looks at all of the medications available today and all of the new ways to treat certain conditions then it has already proven itself to be useful. About ninety percent of all new medical technologies start with animal testing. The first successful heart transplant was preformed on an animal. The first form of cancer treatment was used on animals. Animal testing is also more productive because it saves time, you would have to invest much more time in human testing than you could with animal testing. This is because animals have a...