Animal experimentation in postgraduate training

First training on alternatives to animal experimentation in Tunisia.

Sarrah M’Barek 1, Christian Pellevoisin 2, Christophe Chesné 3, Francois Busquet 4 and Ouajdi Souilem 5 Unit of Functional Proteomics and Organic Food Preservation, High Institute of Applied Biological Sciences of Tunis (ISSBAT), University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia; Episkin Academy, Lyon, France; Biopredic International, Saint-Gregoire, France; CAAT-Europe, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, G...

Postgraduate training in Canada.

In contrast to the United Kingdom, postgraduate medical training in Canada is entirely confined to university settings although it was not always so. Excellent reviews of the historical background have been published by Shephard' and Ruedy.2 Specialty intern and residency (the term used in North America for housestaff and registrar positions) training in Canada first became popular in the 1920s...

Refinement) to Animal Experimentation

341 t4 Workshop Report* A Framework Program for the Teaching of Alternative Methods (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) to Animal Experimentation Mardas Daneshian 1, Mohammad A. Akbarsha 2, Bas Blaauboer 3, Francesca Caloni 4, Pierre Cosson 5, Rodger Curren 6, Alan Goldberg 7, Franz Gruber 8, Frauke Ohl 9, Walter Pfaller 10, Jan van der Valk 11, Pilar Vinardell , Joanne Zurlo , Thomas Hartung ...

Alternatives to Animal Experimentation

This special issue of ALTEX is publicising what the 3R Research Foundation has achieved in the past and what projects are currently underway. This special issue is intended to improve awareness of the projects funded by the Foundation and to provide a training tool. The first section includes updated descriptions of 20 projects from the past ten years. These projects, involving basic research, ...

Alternatives to Animal Experimentation