-
Asked by anon-246575 to Megan, Katherine, Jesse, Dave, AJ, Amelia on 9 Mar 2020.
-
Jesse Dykes answered on 9 Mar 2020:
I think there absolutely needs to be a step between testing in a lab and testing on people. Moving from research to industry I’ve found there’s a huge, huge difference between something working on its own in a lab where you control everything, and something working outside a lab as part of a bigger system. And the human body is an incredibly complex system that we still don’t fully understand. I don’t have to consider these things in my work and I’m very glad of that.
-
-
Amelia Edwards answered on 10 Mar 2020:
I understand why animals are used for testing products because it reduces the risk to humans. However, personally I don’t enjoy the idea of testing on animals so i try to avoid buying many products which are tested on animals.
-
Arjuna James answered on 10 Mar 2020:
For medical purposes, for example new drugs that could greatly improve quality of life or save lives, yes. For things like make-up, no.
-
Megan Maunder answered on 10 Mar 2020:
For cosmetics, no. However, I do believe that there needs to be a step between laboratory and human testing in a medical context. Fortunately, I don’t have to deal with this in my work.
-
Dave Constable answered on 10 Mar 2020:
For cosmetics, definitely not. For medicine and vaccines, I think it is a very difficult decision, but it makes sense to test them on animals before they are tested on people.
Comments
Paige commented on :
For medical research, absolutely. I work with mice for medical research, and at the moment it’s the best option we have for researching biology and human medicine. One day it would be great to be able to do everything through computer simulation, but we are no-where near that level of technology yet.