Yes, we use small worms known as Caenorhabditis elegans. They’re really quite small, only a few milimetres long and are found in the soil. Most of the testing we do does involve killing them to isolate DNA or RNA from them. Because they are so small and don’t have a central nervous system, most people don’t seem to have an issue with using these worms for research.
some of my work is with animals. Animal testing is a pretty overused term these days! I think you might mean do I test drugs on animals….if that is the case then no I don’t. I try to use gene therapy to cure mice that have the condition that I study.
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