Use of Animals in BioMedical Research

What were the 3 main points mentioned in the article to support the claim?

• makeup and product testing, producing drugs, scientific experimentation

• biomedical and behavioral research, education, and testing of drugs and other products

• Its unethical, unnecessary and unsanitary to test on animals

• Ethos, Pathos and Logos

What is the best definition of "efficacy"?

• producing an undesired effect

• a highly infectious viral disease that generally affects

  children

• the quality of being poisonous or harmful.

• The capacity to produce a desired effect

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What counterargument is given to dispute the view that humans should be the subjects of experiments that benefit humans?

• The length of the human lifespan makes the tests impractical

• It's more ethical to test on humans

• It's not unethical to test on monkeys

• There are not enough humans willing to participate in research

What critique do you think an animal rights activist might present in response to the information presented by the AMA?

• Animals are valuable in research because their body systems function similar to humans.

• There are ethical limitations and laws on the use of humans for

  certain tests.

• Humans are the most ideal subjects because there are no variables to consider.

• Animals have the same rights as humans.

What is "AUTHOR’S CLAIM"?

• Their viewpoint and stance on a debatable topic

• The viewpoint most Americans have on a debatable topic

• The main idea of a text

• Another word for a thesis statement of any essay

Which terms can be used to mean, "someone opposed to the act of operating on live animals for science experiments"

• poliomyelitis

• physiologist

• proponent

• antivivisectionist

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is another word for counterclaim?

• stance

• rebuttal

• one's position on a debatable topic

• opposing viewpoints

What critique do the authors of the article offer in response to their opponents? (In other words, what is the author's rebuttal?)

• Animal research has not achieved or accomplished much

• A ban on the use of animals would cause dangerous economic and public health consequences

• virtually every advance in medical science has been achieved without the use of animals in laboratory experiments

• If animal testing were such a valuable way to gain knowledge, we should have eternal life and be far more advanced by now.