It is Thursday the

It is a

Thursday the 17th of October 2019 and you're listening to Skeptics with a K the podcast for science reason and critical thinking.

Skeptics with a K is a production of the Merseys

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around the UK and internationally. I am your host Mike Hall with me today is Marsh. Hello. And Alice. and

I am your host Mike Hall with me today is Marsh.

Hello and Alice.

So Alice you took part in a clinical trial.

Oh we did.

Yeah, well I've talked about in two actually in the last few weeks I just only told you about one of them.

You only told me about one of them.

I've been being drained off blood left right and centre lately.

Because I work in clinical molecular pharmacology every now and then we get emails through requesting blood

donation so that they can spin out the cells from our blood and use them for

controls for various different trials and stuff that they're doing.

Because it turns out researchers just email the local institution in order to recruit,

which is why all psychology studies are just students.

Yes, yeah. Well, so the first guy who emailed is actually somebody who's part of our team.

So it is a I need control samples for stuff.

I just need some blood.

Any blood will do and he just sends an email around and tries to get on.

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