Sentences with phrase «replace animal research»

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«The updating of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 was an important step forward in helping to replace the use of animals in medical research and in enshrining the 3Rs principles of reduction, refinement and replacement of animal experimentation in law but it is clear that much work remains to be done.Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 was an important step forward in helping to replace the use of animals in medical research and in enshrining the 3Rs principles of reduction, refinement and replacement of animal experimentation in law but it is clear that much work remains to be done.animals in medical research and in enshrining the 3Rs principles of reduction, refinement and replacement of animal experimentation in law but it is clear that much work remains to be done.»

Nevertheless, research is continuing into finding new ways to further promote the 3Rs scheme — to «reduce, refine and replace» the use of animals in research.

Studies show that these models can accurately predict the ways that new drugs will react in the human body and replace the use of animals in exploratory research and many standard drug tests.

In one change, Collins said he plans to replace an oversight group made of federal government employees, the Interagency Animal Models Committee, that now reviews proposals for chimpanzee research.

Several scientists and research organizations praised the decision to stick with the existing E.U. legislation on the protection of research animals, saying it is drafted to help reduce, refine, and replace the use of animals in the lab.

The standard method of doing this research replaces slugs with a lab dish containing the animals» nerve cells.

To gain widespread adoption in the academic and commercial research communities for personalized drug testing and other uses — and perhaps one day to replace millions of lab animals — organs on chips will need to be affordable and easy to use.

Nevertheless, the perception that animal research is cruel and does not contribute to improving human health and should therefore be replaced by animal - free research remains widespread.

Furthermore, the participants debated ways to improve the care and welfare of laboratory animals and to promote the implementation of the 3R principles (refine, reduce, replace) into daily research practice.

The CRISPR - Cas9 system and later advances, also developed by Zhang, are easy to execute with almost endless possibility for new research enabling scientists to change, delete, and replace any genes of any animal.

Research also shows that replacing animal protein with legumes helps you live longer, lowers inflammatory markers, and prevents chronic disease.

HSUS President and CEO Wayne Pacelle discusses developing alternative methods to replace animals in harmful research and testing.