The\nlife of a new medicinal product or a diagnostic agent to identify and determine\na disease begins with basic biomedical research. This work seeks to find the\nmechanisms underlying diseases at the level of cells, cell components or even\nindividual molecules. Research draws on a wide spectrum of modern methods in\nthis work, among them animal models. These are used to follow the biological\nprocesses that take place in humans and to understand diseases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A\ngood example is our knowledge of bacterial infections and other inflammations;\ntoday we understand that they are one of the factors that play a major role in\nthe ageing of the body and the development of cancer. This type of inflammation\nis always associated with complex interactions between different cell types in\nthe blood and the organs. This dynamic process cannot be studied in a cell\nculture or micro-structures that are similar to organs. For this purpose,\nresearch \u2013 even research involving state-of-the-art technologies \u2013 relies on\nthe use of animals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\ncan be no question that animal studies are only used where they are absolutely\nnecessary from a scientific, ethical and regulatory standpoint and cannot be\nreplaced by alternative methods. The search for suitable substances for new\nmedicines is a process that generally takes several years and is made up of\nhundreds of individual steps. A large number of substances is investigated for\nthe presence of properties that are needed to make active ingredients.\nComputerised processes are extremely helpful in this endeavour and are already\nreplacing a substantial number of animal studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The life of a new medicinal product or a diagnostic agent to identify and determine a disease begins with basic biomedical research. This work seeks to find the mechanisms underlying diseases at the level of cells, cell components or even individual molecules. Research draws on a wide spectrum of modern methods in this work, among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14783,"parent":4303,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/unterthema.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4282","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n