• Question: Do you test on animals?

    Asked by ScraicConor to Sudhin, Sergio, Katie, Frances, Diarmuid, Aoife on 9 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by xmas42air, xray42air, view42air, swim42cup, Einsteinfc.
    • Photo: Diarmuid Kenny

      Diarmuid Kenny answered on 9 Nov 2019:

      I don’t peronally, but I work with people that do test on animals.

    • Photo: Aoife Campbell

      Aoife Campbell answered on 9 Nov 2019:

      I work with mice. It’s a really important part of my PhD. We take extremely good care of them and we have a vet that regularly checks up on them

    • Photo: Frances Shiely

      Frances Shiely answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      Testing on animals are what we call Phase 0 clinical trials, and I don’t do that. I mostly design Phase III trials which are larger studies in humans.

    • Photo: Sudhin Thampi

      Sudhin Thampi answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      I have been a part of animal studies but never did it for my studies. I would like to avoid it if possible by any means.

    • Photo: Sergio Martin Saldana

      Sergio Martin Saldana answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      I work with rats. We do our best to take care of them and avoid any procedure that could be harmful for the animal

    • Photo: Katie Fala

      Katie Fala answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      Not me personally at the moment, but it would be needed to evaluate the safety of any drugs we discover before testing them in humans. Scientists need to take special ethics courses when working with animals to ensure that the minimum possible number of animals are used, that the research is important and worthwhile and that the well being of the animals is held first and foremost, as much as possible.

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