Posts by Alex

1) Message boards : Rosetta@home Science : will the data be used for animal testing? (Message 45539) Posted 28 Aug 2007 by Alex Post: the reason i ask is that i don't want to be reponsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent animals. I also don't like animal testing, but what if Rosetta generates some cure for a desease, is there an alternative to animal testing? No, I guess! Or to ask in a provocant way: Are you volunteering to test the new drugs? I guess not, I wouldn't either. So, how should new drugs then be tested if not with animal tests? If you have a serious desease and are already a "death candidate" then you might volunteer in testing. But what if you suffer from - let's say - Parkinson? Are you willing to risk your life to eventually(!!) cure a non-lethal desease? there are plenty of alternatives to animal testing,they just test drugs on animals because it is cheaper and drug companies only care about money,not curing diseases of helping people. think about it,if there was a cure for every disease,drug companies would go bankcrupt overnight.
2) Message boards : Rosetta@home Science : will the data be used for animal testing? (Message 45516) Posted 27 Aug 2007 by Alex Post: if i run rosetta at home,will the resulting data be used in experiments that use animals? the reason i ask is that i don't want to be reponsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent animals.