11.07.2022

Animal Research: Using Animals in Biomedical Research

 AGENDA

  1. Announcement: I've reduced the number of annotations needed in the remaining annotation assignments and made the groups bigger
  2. Animal research module
  3. Presentation


Animal research questions

(1) What's going on in animal labs? (today and Wednesday)


(2) Is animal research always wrong? (Wednesday--Mylan Engel vs. Larry Carbone)

(3) How are animal labs regulated? Are the regulations sufficient? (Wednesday and Friday)



JONAS SALK
  •  Jonas Salk and polio vaccine research (Kazez 188-193) 
    • 57,000 cases of polio in 1952; 3,000 died; 21,000 left with some paralysis
    • 100,000 monkeys killed in research; no benefit for monkeys; for typing study, they were infected by drilling hole in head; after vaccine developed, tested on monkeys; after monkeys, disabled kids in "homes".
HARRY HARLOW
  • Parenting research  --  video (Kazez pp. 193-197)  
    • Variations on a theme (p. 143).  
    • Well of despair studies (p. 194).