Animal logic (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Animal logic
11:45am Monday 15th March 2010 in
FULL marks to Dr Tom Smith for pointing out that frultis, a chemical in sundried tomatoes, has not been proved to prevent the growth of prostate cancer in humans, although it does in laboratory rats.
Quite apart from the animal welfare aspect, it is naive to think that drugs testing in animals will benefit in humans. One has only to remember the tragedy of thalidomide to appreciate this fact.
Animals have a completely different DNA from us and the sooner animal testing is abolished the better, for all of us.
M E BYSH, Knowlesley Road, Darwen.
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Kevin_E says...
10:46pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Thalidomide was never tested on pregnant animals before it was released for human use. It has the same effect on pregnant animals as it does on pregnant humans. If more animal testing had been allowed, the problems would have never arisen.
Animals do not have different DNA from us - over 99% of our DNA is shared with certain species of animals. Computers and test tubes have no DNA at all, so it's strange to hear animal rights campaigners saying we can use computers and test tubes for research.