• Question: do you hurt animals

    Asked by 328bdya42 to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 10 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      No I don’t do studies with animals
      I have put needles into lots of humans to get blood samples does that count?

    • Photo: Giovanna Bermano

      Giovanna Bermano answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      Personally I do not work with animals but all the research carried out on them is strictly regulated and does not allow to hurt them

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I have worked with animals in the past. As Giovanna mentioned, government regulations are very strict when it comes to animal use for research. Each scientist has to undergo specific training by the home office and each procedure is tightly controlled so that no pain or harm is caused.

    • Photo: Theresia Mina

      Theresia Mina answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I don’t do animal research either.. we take blood from little children but that is after we apply sufficient anaesthetics and if the children give thumbs up for the procedure..

    • Photo: Katie Pickering

      Katie Pickering answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      I don’t work with animals either. I do occasionaly take blood samples from people and expose them to small doses of ionising radiation via a DXA scanner machine which is like an X-ray machine. Its very small doses (less than what we are exposed to on a daily basis through everyday life) though and does not casue any harm at all.

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