Transferability of animal test results to humans

4. Evolutionary kinship

Every medicine, every treatment and almost all medical devices that are used worldwide to alleviate disease or help patients recuperate were developed with the aid of animal experiments. There are various reasons why animal experiments are necessary to research diseases and develop new medicines and innovative treatments. One key reason is that such research is by its very nature biology-driven. Basic biological research is impossible to conduct without living organisms. Without biological research involving living organisms, we would not now know how animals survive in their environment, for example, and what they need to do so. This knowledge also benefits medicine and pharmaceutics because things that make animals ill are frequently also harmful to humans.