Oncology resources

The following NC3Rs resources may be useful for oncology researchers developing 3Rs models or establishing new collaborations.

The NC3Rs Gateway

The NC3Rs Gateway is a dedicated, open access portal hosted by F1000Research. Papers on the Gateway showcase 3Rs research, and authors can publish the full extent of their methods to allow others in the scientific community to adopt new approaches. Oncology models published on the Gateway include a microfluidic model to study the role of the microenvironment in oral cancer metastasis and an ex-vivo drug screening model to provide personalise cancer therapy for glioblastoma patients.

Experimental design and reporting

The NC3Rs has produced resources to help researchers with improved experimental design and reporting. These include our guidance for designing in vitro and in vivo experiments for funding proposals, information on masking (also known as blinding), and our Experimental Design Assistant, an online tool to help researchers design experiments using animals.

Microphysiological systems (MPS)

Our MPS resource provides information on the NC3Rs work in this area and global MPS programmes and initiatives. These include the BioSystics Analytics Platform, which collates and makes accessible experimental, preclinical and clinical data to accelerate the development and application of MPS for basic research and drug development, and the 3Rs Collaborative (3RsC) Microphysiological Systems Technology Hub which highlights commercially available MPS models.