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Synthetic Animal Skin Testing

Torture an Animal for....What?

If I had created a revolutionary synthetic skin designed for human burn victims, and the government demanded that I test it on live animals, and furthermore required that I refrain from using anesthetics, my first response would be academic outrage. This sort of blatant ignorance is precisely what is wrong with governmental regulation of medical and scientific areas! This skin-mock is designed in such a fashion that it will not be rejected by the human immune system, and furthermore that it will be compatible with the human healing process. Testing it on a non-human animal will produce scientifically invalid results, which could delay the release of this ...

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its effectiveness on humans. Many drugs and medical techniques were first tested on animals and later proven to have deadly results for humans, due to transgenic differences. Likewise, many medicines that are compatible with the human system, such as aspirin, may be toxic for many animals. This is precisely why it is illegal for veterinarians to treat humans, and why human doctors send their own pets to a vet! Governmental ignorance is further displayed in suggesting that the use of anesthetics would invalidate the process. Even if the transgenic problem were ignored, this is sheer foolishness. There is no way this synthetic skin will be used in a medical setting without the simultaneous use of painkillers and local and general anesthesia. Our skin must be compatible with regularly used anesthetics so that it can be used on human subjects without causing negative reactions to their painkillers. If the government thinks we're just going to strap burn-victims to the table and ...

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Added: 10/22/2015 03:06:50 AM
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