Scenario 3: Research on Animals- Read the scenario and then write a one paragraph response of what you would do La'keasha, a brilliant research scientist, is confident that she is on the right track to finding the cure for a certain type of brain cancer. It is one of the most common forms of brain cancer. In order to further fur her research, she will have to perform tests on orangutans. The apes will live in the laboratory and receive chemical treatments that will give them brain cancer. Half the orangutans will receive no treatment, and the other half will get the experimental treatment. At different stages of the experiment, Belinda needs to autopsy a brain to check the progress of the tumors. Of course, this examination will cause the animal to die. This is the only research method available for getting closer to a cure, other than performing the experimentation on humans. What is the ethical thing to do?
