Some of the animal testing could be skipped if we could ever venture into stem cell research but that is far off and would require some animal testing...
Problem with using people in the early stages of testing is that no one is really pure and as such they are not a good control group. All animals used are bred explicitly for testing.
Honestly if your alive today chances are animal testing was directly responsible. most newer antibiotics have been vetted through animal testing. It is what they call a neccessary evil. Can you imagine the outrage if we infected otherwise healthy people with HIV, Meningitis, ect just to trey a drug on them that may or may not work?
Problem with using people in the early stages of testing is that no one is really pure and as such they are not a good control group. All animals used are bred explicitly for testing.
Honestly if your alive today chances are animal testing was directly responsible. most newer antibiotics have been vetted through animal testing. It is what they call a neccessary evil. Can you imagine the outrage if we infected otherwise healthy people with HIV, Meningitis, ect just to trey a drug on them that may or may not work?