Charity in animal test plea
A CHARITY is urging people to consider the ethics of animal testing during National Science Week.
FRAME (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) has a laboratory in collaboration with the University of Nottingham Medical School, where studies into valid alternatives to animal testing are investigated.
Professor Michael Balls, chairman of the FRAME Trustees, said: "While we support the good work that National Science Week does in encouraging interest in science, we hope the ethical questions of animal research will be taken into consideration at the same time.
"Until experiments on animals can be avoided altogether, every effort should be made to minimise the suffering of those that are still used and to develop new, non-animal methods of research and testing."
National Science Week, which is organised by the British Science Association, will this year take place from March 6 to 15.
Comments
by Yoohoo, Notts
Monday, February 16 2009, 9:50PM
“Experts worldwide say that animal testing has and is hindering real medical progress because animals are poor models for humans. There are more relevant testing methods already available. See Dr Hadwens Trust and Safer Medicines.... The TGN1412 trials where the 6 volunteers reacted violently to the drugs they were given and nearly lost their lives after being given drugs that had 'passed as safe' for humans after animal tests. They proved to be anything but safe! One young mans toes and part of his feet and fingers went jet black and rock hard! and he has had to have amputations. That is disgraceful and should not be happening. Something is defiinitely wrong when that happens after so called animal 'safety tests'! Support non animal research for the sake of your health.”