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Animal testing is a highly regulated field, with laws and guidelines in place to ensure the welfare of animals and the validity of the research being conducted. In the United States, the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is the primary federal law that regulates the use of animals in research, while the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals is a widely accepted set of guidelines for the proper treatment of animals in research.
However, despite these regulations, animal testing remains a controversial practice. Some people argue that it is necessary for the advancement of science and the development of new treatments and products that can benefit humans and animals. Others believe that it is unethical to use animals for testing, and that alternative methods, such as in vitro testing or computer modeling, should be used instead.
In vitro testing or cellular replicants are skin tissue created in labs that are designed to replicate reactions to products. As a result no sentient beings are harmed, but the accuracy of this reaction are only as good as how well we can create these cultures.
While it will always be impossible for us to truly understand what other organisms feel, erring on the side of caution is something that we should strive towards.
Andrew Huxley
Dr Laura D’Olimpio