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HEY WHATS UP IM ALEX FARNHAM AND THIS IS ANIMALIST NEWS
THEY’RE CALLED CHEMOSYNTHETIC LIVERS AND THEY COULD CUT
DOWN ANIMAL TESTING A WHOLE LOT! WHAT ARE CHEMOSYNTHETIC LIVERS? IT’S A NEWLY DEVELOPED
SUBSTANCE THAT MIMICS A GROUP OF ENZYMES FOUND IN THE LIVER.
WE ALL KNOW THAT SCIENTISTS TEST NEW DRUGS ON ANIMALS
AND FOR THE MOST PART, MANY ANIMALS DIE AFTERWARD, WHETHER IT BE FROM THE DRUG OR FROM BEING
EUTHANIZED.
LETS TALK ABOUT METABOLIC PROFILING…. AFTER AN ANIMAL TAKES A NEW DRUG THEIR LIVER
BREAKS IT DOWN AND METABOLITES CAN BE LEFT BEHIND IN THE ANIMALS SYSTEM. THOSE METABOLITES
ARE WHAT CAUSE BAD SIDE EFFECTS, BUT IN ORDER TO FIND THEM SCIENTISTS HAVE TO STUDY SAMPLES
OF FECES, URINE, AND SALIVA FROM THE ANIMAL… AFTER WHICH, THE ANIMAL IS USUALLY EUTHANIZED.
USING THE NEW TECHNOLOGY FROM CHEMOSYNTHETIC LIVERS
SCIENTISTS COULD TEST THE TOXICITY LEVELS OF A NEW DRUG
BY JUST MIXING IT IN A TEST TUBE WITH CHEMOSYNTHETIC LIVERS INSTEAD OF TESTING IT OUT ON ANIMALS.
NOT ONLY DOES THIS SAVE ANIMAL LIVES, IT’S ALSO FASTER AND CAN BE DONE ON A LARGER SCALE!
NOW THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HASN’T APPROVED CHEMOSYNTHETIC LIVERS YET
BUT ITS ALREADY BEEN TESTED ON OVER 50 DRUGS IN WHICH IT PROCESSED THOSE DRUGS THE SAME
EXACT WAY THE HUMAN BODY DOES. SO THINGS ARE LOOKING PROMISING IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM ONCE
AGAIN.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS THAT SAVE ANIMAL LIVES?