Today the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills released the results of a poll it commissioned to gauge public attitudes towards animal research. Dr Vicky Robinson, Chief Executive at the NC3Rs, takes a look at the findings.
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CRACK IT Challenges is a two-phase competition that funds collaborations between industry, academics and SMEs to solve problems related to the 3Rs, leading to new products or improved business processes.
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The four-day meeting brought together an international group of speakers to discuss a wide range of topics regarding the replacement, refinement and reduction of animals in research.
The findings of the data sharing exercise not only promise savings in animal numbers, but also in time and money for the drug development industry.
Dr Marilyn Brown, Corporate Vice President of Global Animal Welfare at the contract research organisation Charles River, has many years of experience managing experimental facilities and animal care programmes.
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We are pleased to announce £2.2 million of awards in our 2014 project and pilot study grant competition.
The 2014 CRACK IT Challenges competition consists of three Challenges identified jointly by the NC3Rs and Sponsors.
Professor Ian Jackson, Professor Stefan Przyborski and Mr Terence Priest will each begin their three-year term at the next Board meeting in the autumn.
Lead author, Sam Maynard, from Syngenta, tells the NC3Rs more about the findings.
Our Chief Executive, Dr Vicky Robinson, comments on this year's statistics on animal research.
Dr Martin Turner, Senior Policy Advisor at the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), explains how the AMRC are working together with the NC3Rs to make the 3Rs a priority in charity-funded research.
The development of non-animal technologies is vital in the search for alternatives that can replace the use of animals in scientific research.
The location was fitting as it was a House of Lord's Select Committee which published a report on the use of animals in scientific procedures, ultimately leading to the establishment of the NC3Rs.
Well attended and ultimately successful as an informative workshop that engaged delegates and met its overarching objective of widespread promotion of the 3Rs to academics and support staff alike.
The publication entitled 'Ten years of working with the pharmaceutical industry' describes our approach to collaborating with industry, including promoting data sharing and supporting open innovation.
With support of £2 million from the BBSRC, we are announcing a call to generate new models for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) research that avoid the use of animals.
Dr Eric Karran, Director of Research at Alzheimer’s Research UK, tells the NC3Rs why the charity is excited to be involved with the Challenge.
The three day residential event, held at Madingley Hall in Cambridge, combined a series of talks and workshops with networking opportunities, and also gave the students chance to explore the hall’s grounds and spend some time getting to know one