Jen's Story

[TheElijahGarcia]

i dont support breast cancer

[wadifahtook]

Since I don't have cable, the only reason I knew about this commercial is because it was played at a recent symposium. I'm an animal technician, a rat, mouse, and retired-research-animal owner (as many in this field are), and a lover of nature and animals. I am not opposed to those who do not support research, so long as these views only dictate their own life rather than people like Jen's. Thank you for showing that research does not equate to torture.

[InfluencePictures]

Great job getting the message out... attached is a video from a group of oncological dr.s who do benefit concerts with their band N.E.D to promote awareness

[RingneckDoveFan]

Animals are not here for us to torture so we can save humans lives. Diseases and cancers happen for a reason, they are not meant to be cured. It's nature's way of controlling the human population..but no, instead we are abusing animals for stupid reasons.Congrats lady on the screen, you are officially a hypocrite. "I love this rat, and at the same time, I enjoy torturing him." Instead of testing on a whole different species, why not test on people if there is nothing wrongwithTestingOnAnimals?

[inmate1987]

@RingneckDoveFan i understand your opinion but how would you feel if one of your family members got diagnosed with breast cancer, and ends up passing away, would you still think the same way? because i thought the same as you, but then i learned my lesson that id rather a rat die than a family member.

[JessieDallton]

@RingneckDoveFan I It's easy to sit on your soapbox and claim that disease is nature's way of thinning out the population, blah, blah, blah...but you come across as incredibly ignorant, albeit passionate in your beliefs. I hope that your children never fall victim to disease or illness, because it would really suck to be one of them as you calmly explain that the reason you're letting them suffer and ultimately die is because you want to spare the feelings of laboratory rats everywhere.

[DolphinsPlay]

... It can save lives I do not deny it ... but also it can traumatize and kill the lives of the animals in investigation

[AlphaSee]

Hello Jen, I wish you the best in finding the cure, but I think the best thing would be to find the cause. Best Wishes.

[efbling]

this is great. tells a real story.

[3cora]

There is no time for joke's, there is only time for improvement, the more we test these animals, The more we know how this work's, The better we are for the future . If someone you know has went thew this and survived, Thank our animals and rodent's. They are the reason we are here.......

[tony4609]

Daniellefilm - you seem to have failed to publish quotes of the rest of the team: Other scientists at Oxford several years later followed up and successfully tried on mice and stated: "Mice were tried in the initial toxicity tests because of their small size, but what a lucky chance it was, for in this respect man is like the mouse and not the guinea pig." Picking the appropriate animal model is essential. But failure to test in any animals would have kept it from being used at all

[breastcancercure1]

You go, Jen!

[daniellefilm]

Howard Florey, the Nobel Prize winner credited with co-discovering and manufacturing penicillin, stated: 'How fortunate we didn't have these animal tests in the 1940s, for penicillin would probably never been granted a license, and possibly the whole field of antibiotics might never have been realized'.

[fbresearch]

Okay, feedback is great. A constructive dialogue is great. But crazy ramblings and rantings and personal attacks, don't help anybody, so we're now officially going on moderated comments.

[fbresearch]

Oskypuss...Animal data is used to provide the FDA and the IRBs with the information that they need to test the compound on humans. If the compound is neither safe nor efficacious in the human trials, it does not go to the next step. Saying animal testing does not work makes no sense since the test must be done in humans before the product goes on the market. That's true for computer models, in vitro human cell cultures... Toxicogenomics and microdosing is part of the human testing process.

[JTArk12]

Seriously Oskypuss, you should at least try to get close to the facts before you post them. First, even if only 5% of cancer drugs got to market..that would still save millions of lives. And by "marginal life extenstion"...do you mean 1 to 20 years? How would an entire industry last this long in the face of pressure from morons if there was not value behind the science?

[Melviria]

I personally work with these animals on a daily basis, being a Lab Animal Technologist. These animals are extremely well cared for and researchers have to follow proper guidelines for care & use. Would you rather the drug companies skip this step which decides how potent a drug is & how often you should take the drug for it to be effective. Murine & human cell lines are different thats y companies study human cell lines in mice or rats. I have also lost family to this cruel disease my mom.

[gmbrat2002]

my grandmother was a survivor. keep up the great work!

[buddhistworship]

Great video! I support it, support FBR.

[banksdnu66]

Yea, for biomedical research!

You are so fortunate, not everyone has a job that produces good things!

[naliusblossom]

What a great video!! Perfectly concise and displays a positive aspect of animal research :)

[mom2jam2]

Lovw it. Great vid.

[acesumac]

Thank you for your words of inspiration !! We will keep you and your loved ones in our prayers & support Bio Medical Research always. God Bless you & all your co-workers. And, again THANK YOU !!!

[rhinobucketkixass]

I Agree!! Support Bio Medical Reasearch

[BandaiBlossom]

FBR... wow.... I never knew...

But there you go - save the rodent or save the person?

[erin11783]

love it! animal research DOES save lives.