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experiment (up)on someone or something

to use someone or something as the subject of an experiment. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) Do you think we should experiment upon people? The researchers were experimenting on a new drug that might cure rabies.

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More to the point, I have plans to treat motor neurone disease, Alzheimer's and stroke patients in a similar way, using electrodes, but if I cannot experiment on primates to find the right brain centres, I will not be able to do this. Ban on primate experiments would be devastating, scientists warn by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk List, 2007, "Anchors Away: A Field Experiment on Anchoring of Consumer Valuations," University of Nevada, East Carolina State University, and University of Chicago Working Paper. How much does expertise reduce behavioral biases? The case of ... by Kaustia, Markku; Alho, Eeva; Puttonen, Vesa / Financial Management Under the 1986 Animals Act, labs should only get a licence to experiment on animals if they can show that the benefit of their research is outweighed by the suffering. 3 MILLION ANIMALS IN BRITAIN'S LABS; EXCLUSIVE Many suffer extreme ... by The Mirror (London, England)			expand expand horizons expand into expand on expatiate on expect expect for expect from expectant mother expectation expecting expedition expel expel from expend expend for expend in expend on expense experience Experience is the best teacher Experience is the father of wisdom Experience is the teacher of fools experiment experiment in experiment on experiment with explain explain away explain to explode explode with export export to expose expose to expostulate about expound express express anger express to on expression expropriate expunge from expurgate from extend extend across extend credit extend over extend sympathy extend to			Experiment Data Management Plan Experiment Description Language Experiment design Experiment Design Made Easy Experiment Driver Experiment Environmental Unit Experiment Exposure Control Canister Experiment Flight Applications Experiment for Coordinated Helioseismic Observations Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants Experiment Functional Objectives Requirements Document Experiment Gridded Data Record Experiment Ground Data Assembly Experiment Ground Support Equipment experiment in Experiment in Construction with Object-Oriented Methods Experiment in International Living Experiment Logistics Module Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section Experiment Node Configuration Driver Experiment Number at CERN Experiment number at Fermilab, BNL, or other laboratory Experiment of Space Environment with Materials experiment on Experiment on Physics of Colloids in Space Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic Experiment Planning/Peer Review Group Experiment Power Data System Experiment Resource Reservation Protocol Experiment Safety Assessment Form Experiment Safety Review Group experiment station Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy Experiment Support Module Experiment Support System experiment with Experiment, Development, Test & Research experimental experimental experimental experimental experimental Experimental (Debian) eXperimental Accelerator Driven System Experimental Activities Experimental Activity Proposal Experimental Acute Renal Failure Experimental Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Experimental Advanced Airborne Research LIDAR Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak Experimental Aerial Platforms

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