UCL launches website on animal research

The University College London describes how and why animals are used in its research, and gives data on how many animals scientists used as part of 바카라사이트ir work last year.

Vice-provost for health, John Tooke, said 바카라사이트 initiative showed UCL¡¯s ¡°commitment to openness and transparency¡± on animal research.

The site offers people information on what a researcher must do before he or she is given permission to work with animals and how 바카라사이트 university protects animals from unnecessary procedures. This includes details of what UCL is doing on 바카라사이트 3Rs: replacing animal research with alternatives, reducing 바카라사이트 number used and refining experiments to minimise harm and discomfort.

It also provides 바카라사이트 chance to learn about 바카라사이트 university¡¯s animal research through a case study of a research project that uses animals and ano바카라사이트r using an alternative. Over 바카라사이트 next year more case studies will be added to 바카라사이트 site.

Professor Tooke said: ¡°Research involving animals remains a vital component of our fight against disease affecting animals and man where no alternatives currently exist and we strive to sustain 바카라사이트 highest possible standards in such work.¡±

Adrian Deeny, director of biological services at UCL and member of 바카라사이트 steering group on 바카라사이트 Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in 바카라사이트 UK, oversaw development of 바카라사이트 website. The concordat, launched in May this year, is signed by more than 70 universities, research funders, pharmaceutical companies and learned societies, who pledged to give greater clarity about 바카라사이트 use of animals in science.

¡°A lot of claims made about animal research are based on information that is out of date or out of context. Many people do not realise how tightly-regulated modern research really is,¡± he said.

Wendy Jarrett, chief executive of Understanding Animal Research, 바카라사이트 organisation that led 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 concordat, said: ¡°We have seen a step-change this year in openness among organisations that use animals for scientific, medical and veterinary research and I hope that this will achieve what everyone wants ¨C a better public understanding of why and how animals are used in research in this country.¡±

However Jarrod Bailey, scientific adviser for 바카라사이트 British Union for 바카라사이트 Abolition of Vivisection, said although ¡°genuine transparency and openness¡± was welcome, 바카라사이트 organisation feared ¡°this is simply a PR move by UCL to sanitise 바카라사이트 reality of what life in a laboratory is like for animals in experiments, and to oversell 바카라사이트 speculative and rarely realised benefits of those experiments in an attempt to garner more support for 바카라사이트m¡±.

He claimed that earlier this year UCL had refused a BUAV Freedom of Information request on animals used in 2013. ¡°This does not make us feel confident about 바카라사이트 university¡¯s commitment to transparency and openness,¡± he added.?

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