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[shadyknick]

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In terms of clinical research, how is animal research different from human research?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Ismet]

You mean besides the obvious?

It depends on the research being done, but animal research is typically the earlier stage of research. You can't just give an experimental drug to humans before knowing what it does in vitro and then in vivo in an animal (rat/mouse then primate). Once that is successful it may move on to clinical trials on humans. This explanation is very generalized but you can get the picture.

 

[ShenanigansMD]

Animal research is a precursor to human/medical research, the former being less restricted by bureaucracy/ethics.

 

[cinamin]

Animal research is a precursor to human/medical research, the former being less restricted by bureaucracy/ethics.

Yeah I'd say there are a LOT more things you can do to mice than to humans!

Also another part of human clinical research is going through the recruitment and consent process, which takes up additional time/resources/paperwork, etc.

 

[MedPR]

In terms of clinical research, how is animal research different from human research?

Thanks in advance!

Sounds like an ethics homework question.

 

[einstein1990]

Google 'IRB' & 'Belmont Report'. If you're feeling super squirrelly, maybe even 'Tuskegee Syphilis Study'.

In a nutshell, human research needs to be reviewed and approved on an entirely different scale/level than animal research.