Medical Advancement and Developments

Animal research has contributed to many of the medical advances used in medicine today that we now take for granted, such as:

• Asthma inhalers
• Blood transfusions
• Breast cancer treatment
• Treatment for high blood pressure
• Treatment for leukaemia
• Meningitis vaccine
• Organ transplants
• Parkinson's disease
• The survival of premature babies

For more information on how medical research using animals has saved and improved lives of millions of people please visit: http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/your_health

Animal research benefits animals too as much of the research work results in surgical techniques and treatments that can be used in an veterinary environment on household pets.

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