Why scientists perform animal experiments, scientific or personal aim?
| Autor: | Tuğrul Çakır, Arif Aslaner, Mehmet Tahir Oruç, Tuna Bilecik, Uğur Doğan, Yeliz Akpinar Mayir, Burhan Mayir, Erdem Can Yardımcı |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Veterinary medicine Medical education business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Academic promotion 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Curiosity Medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery business Original Investigation media_common |
| Zdroj: | Turkish Journal of Surgery. 32:256-260 |
| ISSN: | 1308-8521 1300-0705 |
| Popis: | Objective Although all animal studies are conducted in line with a specific purpose, we think that not all animal studies are performed for a scientific purpose but for personal curiosity or to fulfill a requirement. The aim of the present study is to reveal the purposes of experimental studies conducted on animals. Matherial and methods We searched for experimental studies performed on rats in general surgery clinics via PubMed, and obtained the e-mail addresses of the corresponding authors for each study. Afterwards, we sent a 7-item questionnaire to the authors and awaited their responses. Results Seventy-three (22.2%) of 329 authors responded to the questionnaire. Within these studies, 31 (42.5%) were conducted as part of a dissertation, while the remaining 19 (26.0%) were conducted to meet the academic promotion criteria. Only 23 (31.5%) were conducted for scientific purposes. The cost of 41% of those studies was higher than 2500 $. Conclusion As shown in this study, the main objective of carrying out animal studies in Turkey is usually to prepare a dissertation or to be entitled to academic promotion. Animal experiments must be planned and performed as scientific studies to support related clinical studies. Additionally, animal studies must have well-defined objectives and be carried out in line with scientific purposes that may lead to useful developments in medicine, rather than personal interests. |
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