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Bibliography on Alternatives to Animal Testing (Altbib)
Bibliography on Alternatives to Animal Testing (Altbib), is a resource portal for Alternatives to the Use of Live Vertebrates in Biomedical Research and Testing hosted by Specialized Information Services of US National Library of Medicine.
Topic: Portals and Websites
Research Animal resources (US)
The use of animals in research, teaching and testing is an important ethical and political issue. Much of the discussion about this issue revolves around the relative value, often referred to as 'moral value', of humans and animals.
Topic: Ethics
ECVAM QSAR Model Inventory
EURL ECVAM QSAR Model Inventory of the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Topic: Alternative methods
European Science Foundation Policy on Animal Use 2001
Over the past twenty years or so, there has been a ‘revolution’ in the life sciences,and our knowledge and capabilities have dramatically increased. At the same time, these advances have raised very important ethical concerns in both the scientific community and with the public at large.
Topic: Ethics
CAAT-Europe (Centre of Alternatives to Animal Testing)
CAAT is an academic, science based centre within the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the USA and the University of Konstanz in Germany which is dedicated to the promotion of research intoin vitro and other alternative techniques, Three Rs education and information.
Topic: Portals and Websites
Hastings Center-Morals of Medical Research with Animals Special Report
A special report can be found on this page titled: Utility and Morality:Contemporary Tradeoffs. Within this report there is an article by Bernard E. Rollin titled The Moral Status of Invasive Animal Research.
Topic: Ethics
European Consensus-Platform for Alternatives (ECOPA)
Topic: Alternative methods
The Academy of Medical Sciences
The Academy is working to address all aspects of animals in research, from engaging in debate about how to regulate the use of animals in research, to efforts to improve the openness of organisations that are involved in animal research.
Topic: Ethics
CCAC- Canadian Council on Animal Care
CCAC promotes the application of Three Rs in Canada. Through a website it provides the latest information on the Three Rs, a search tool and a search guide.
Topic: Portals and Websites
Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)
Topic: Alternative methods
The Biosciences Federation Animal Science Group
The Biosciences Federation Animal Science Group was established in December 2002 and launched in September 2003 as an umbrella organisation to promote interaction within the biosciences community, particularly in areas of research and teaching; to provide information to assist the formulation of scientific policy; and, perhaps most challenging of all, to debate the ethical issues surrounding recent advances in the biosciences (see previous report by Nancy Rothwell).
Topic: Ethics