Bioethics in animal experimentation

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

Education in Alternatives to Animal Experimentation

Education in alternatives to animal experimentation has spread to all parts of the world including Asian countries (Kurosawa, 2004a). We should aim to educate all types of audience, from school children to professors and the general public, on the concepts and importance of the 3Rs (Kurosawa, 2004b; Cervinka and Kurosawa, 2004). Naturally, the approach must be specific to the target group: the ...

Lethal experimentation on human beings: Roe's effect on bioethics.

Beginning with the assumption that human life begins at conception, this article explores the problematic terrain accompanying embryonic stem cell research and human cloning. “Lethal Experimentation on Human Beings,” as enumerated in the article’s title, refers to experimentation on and the removal of stem cells from human embryos, both of which ”kill” a human being. The article warns that the ...