What successful cures that we know of today resulted from animal experimentation?

November 26th, 2009 | by admin |

I posted one question before this which is "should animal experimentation for human benefits happen?" and some said yes because it has helped in finding cures but they never left any examples. So yeah.

Insulin. Experiments in dogs proved that type 1 diabetes was caused by the pancreas not functioning, showed that you could treat it with pancreatic extract, and helped them purifiy the extract to get insulin to treat human patients (and of course plenty of diabetic animals too). There was a Nobel Prize for this.

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/insulin/discovery-insulin.html

  1. 6 Responses to “What successful cures that we know of today resulted from animal experimentation?”

  2. By S on Nov 26, 2009 | Reply

    there is some but idk what they are
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  3. By Joe S on Nov 26, 2009 | Reply

    there was an experiment on animals that resulted in the cure for people who ask stupid questions on yahoo answers.. u should try it
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  4. By Jenny on Nov 26, 2009 | Reply

    Animal testing helped to find all cures – it was what Robert Koch used to be able to identify specific germs in the first place.
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    Knowledge & history lessons

  5. By Gail on Nov 26, 2009 | Reply

    I’d wager every cure on the market. Animal testing is required before human testing can be done. I’ll give you an example: Polio. Pick any disease that vaccines or cures have been found for and research. They’ve all been tested on animals or using animal cells.
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_vaccine

  6. By lab rat on Nov 27, 2009 | Reply

    Insulin. Experiments in dogs proved that type 1 diabetes was caused by the pancreas not functioning, showed that you could treat it with pancreatic extract, and helped them purifiy the extract to get insulin to treat human patients (and of course plenty of diabetic animals too). There was a Nobel Prize for this.

    http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/insulin/discovery-insulin.html
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  7. By gribbling on Nov 27, 2009 | Reply

    A quick Google has found these:

    - the discovery of DNA (leading to all sorts of fundamental discoveries, including cancer diagnosis and treatments)
    - the discovery of neurotransmitters (antidepressants and anti-seizure drugs)
    - the development of MRI technology
    - diabetes treatment with insulin
    - polio vaccine
    - rabies vaccine
    - smallpox vaccine
    - heart surgery, atherosclerosis, and strokes; drugs for hypertension, heart failure, and arrhythmias
    - antitoxins for snake venom
    - hepatitis B vaccine
    - hypothyroidism treatments with thyroxin
    - diptheria vaccine
    … the list goes on.

    Apparently also, "54 of 76 Nobel prizes awarded in physiology or medicine since 1901 have been for discoveries and advances made through the use of experimental animals" (American Medical Association 77)
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