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Asked by mawish to Aime, Akshat, Diana, Gemma, Judith on 14 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by colclough.
Question: in your project are you going to be using animals?
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Gemma Sharp answered on 13 Jun 2011:
No, my project doesn’t involve any animal research.
Other scientists have studied labour in animals like mice, rats, guinea pigs, sheep, and primates, but they’ve found that the things that trigger labour in those species don’t trigger labour in the same way in humans, so there’s not much point in using animals to study human child birth.
To be truthfully honest with you, I’m not sure I’d be comfortable doing animal research (by which I mean medical research using animals, not the sort of thing Diana does) because I like animals and I don’t think I’d be able to do it without getting attached to them and thinking of them as pets. I’m not against other people using animals in medical research though. I don’t think animals should ever be used to test cosmetics or anything, but if you can save thousands of lives by testing a new drug on an animal before using it on humans, then I think it’s justified.
It is a bit of an ethical grey area for me though, so I’m glad I don’t have to use animals in my project.
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Judith McCann answered on 13 Jun 2011:
I dont use animals in my work, there is some people in my research group who test on animal tissue (but not live animals) they use cows tails to simulate the spine in humans (it has the same kind of structure-with bones and cartilage discs between) to test the compression of their material-its designed to replace fluid inside cartilage of the spine.
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Diana Samuel answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Yes, I perform non-invasive experiments on frogs (i.e. they’re not harmed in any way). If they ever appear to be uncomfortable or stressed, I immediately stop the experiment.
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Akshat Rathi answered on 14 Jun 2011:
No. I work on making medicine type molecules but I don’t test them.
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