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I don't suppose anyone knows if there is any ethical review required for experiments on fruit flies? And, follow up question, at what level (higher or lower th
by ghshephard 13y ago
I don't suppose anyone knows if there is any ethical review required for experiments on fruit flies?
And, follow up question, at what level (higher or lower than fruit flies) are experimenters allowed to proceed experimenting on life forms without an ethics review.
- timr 13y agoI used to work in a fly lab. As far as I know, there are no ethical reviews required for insect studies. I know that animal welfare and ethics reviews are required for mice, rats and other small mammals, but I don't know where a formal line is drawn.
- throwaway0094 13y agoVertebrates.
- tlarkworthy 13y agoAnd octopuses