Buck(noun) the male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits. Buck(noun) a gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy. Buck(noun) a male Indian or negro. Buck(verb) to copulate, as bucks and does.
The idea. The idea for a clinical research study â also known as a clinical trial â often originates in the laboratory. After researchers test new therapies or procedures in the laboratory and in animal studies, the most promising experimental treatments are moved into clinical trials, which are conducted in phases.
Many people question the ethics of animal research because it can involve procedures such as deprivation, pain, surgery, and euthanasia. Psychologists have ethical obligations to treat animal subjects humanely and to do research on animals only when the benefits of the research are clear.