No alternatives? Animal experimentation and the future of research.
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Owing to the rapid scientific developments the scientific landscape around alternatives to animals in research and testing has received noticeably increased attention from the manifold stakeholders interested in human-relevant methodologies and humane approaches in recent years. Now, the new interest of politics in the field of alternatives also endorses its societal and economic significance. In many countries, e.g. UK, USA, China and Brazil, annual allocations of governmental funds for research on non-animal approaches have been substantially increased, and now also in Germany the interest of politics in this field has awakened. On October 2, 2015 the Green Party (Bündnis90/Die Grünen), which received 8.4% of the vote in the last parliamentary elections in Germany, invited experts to discuss the possibilities, hurdles and possible measures to facilitate competitive research in the field of alternatives. Under the headline “No alternatives? Animal experimentation and the future of research” a technical discussion was moderated by Nicole Maisch, spokesperson for animal welfare policy, and Kai Gehring, spokesperson for research policy of the Green parliamentary group at the parliamentary building Paul-LöbeHaus in Berlin. Participants of this panel discussion, held in front of 80 politicians and stakeholders, were Prof. Ellen Fritsche, Leibniz Institute of Environmental Medicine and Head of CERST, Dr. Reyk Horland, Head of Business Development at TissUse
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عنوان ژورنال:
- ALTEX
دوره 32 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015