• Question: why is medicine tested on animals before humans ?

    Asked by sbdw to Bridget, Betul on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Bridget Waller answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      This is a good question. The biology of some animals is similar enough to predict what would happen if you did something similar to humans. So, if you test it on animals first people think this is safer than testing it straight on humans. There are big ethical questions about this though! What do you think?

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