• Question: do you agree with animal testing when it benifits science?

    Asked by late1800 to Michaela, Louise, Sian, Steve, Yvette on 14 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by dahnyiieee, jpk1.
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      Louise Johnson answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Yes, although I don’t use it in my own work. Animal research in the UK is pretty tightly regulated and the researchers who do work on animals take great care to minimise pain and distress.

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      Yvette Wilson answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      yes. I have not been involved in animal testing but I think that sometimes it is essential, specially for medicine. I also know that scientists who do animal testing only do so when really necessary and are as humane as possible

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      Michaela Livingstone answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Benefitting science is one thing – I wouldn’t be tooooo happy with the thought of an animal dying JUST for the sake of knowledge, but if that research at least has the potential to help Humans, then yeah I’d agree with it. So long as it was carried out humanely of course.

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      Sian Harding answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Yes, I do, and I use rats and mice for some experiments. However, we can now make heart-like cells by changing skin cells from people into stem cells. I’m comparing these with my real human cells to see if they can be used for experiments and for drug testing.

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      Steven Kiddle answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Yes, if it saves many lives

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