Brian Barber

Design, illustration, storyboards, animation

Guinea pigs for Minnpost.com

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Hey, have you heard about the economy sucking?

When I was in college in Lincoln, NE, there was a place where students and others who may need some extra cash could go to serve as medical guinea pigs. Taking various medications and then getting blood and other tests to monitor various effects. Sometimes this could be pretty lucrative “work” especially from a college student’s perspective. I never did any of the tests, but had plenty of friends who spent lots of time there, so there was always some mystique surrounding the place.
Seems that these labs are seeing a new type of “client” with the crappy economy. Real Estate agents are one of the fastest growing groups spending time in the labs to make some extra cash.

See the story at minnpost.com

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