Pathologist vs Biomedical Science

Thread Starter Pathologist vs Biomedical Science Follow 15 minutes ago 15m ago Quote: Originally Posted by OwlOfFire Thank you for replying, I hadn't thought about how technology may take over those jobs in the future. I think I would find direct contact with patients challenging. I am also apprehensive about starting a 5 year degree that I am not completely committed to. A lot of people have told me that those who study medicine are dedicated to it and have wanted to medicine for many years. I would like to get into research as I feel a laboratory setting would suit me. One thing I am concerned about is animal research and the ethics. When I mention going into research to people they always look at me in shock horror, thinking that I am going to be injecting cancer into mice. Do you know how much of pharmacology and research is based on animals. Could I do a biomedical science degree and then go into...
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