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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Lab Tests without Animals

This article is useful to show that the moral dilemma associated with using animals in experiments can be eradicated. The argument goes that science can provide cures for diseases like cancer, but the limitation is that animals need to be used in the experiment. Now this limitation can be counter-rebutted with this article (can use the up-sized burger approach here). Note that this is particularly relevant to Singapore as we aspire to be a biomedical hub as seen in the govt's massive investments in the biopolis.
article 1a: Creating lab tests
that do without animals




article 1b: Creating lab tests
that do without animals

 

In Article 2 below, you can easily find at least 6 points why animal rights are/are not protected in Singapore ( a question that came out last year). More importantly, note how the writer's wish at the end of Article 2 appeared to have been answered by Article 1.

article 2