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ReviewPharmacology research & perspectives2017

Ethics of animal research in human disease remediation, its institutional teaching; and alternatives to animal experimentation.

Rajkumar Cheluvappa, Paul Scowen, Rajaraman Eri

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Review in Pharmacology research & perspectives, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  7. Integrating one health: exploring the global dialogue on bioethics.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2023
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  8. Animal Research in Spain: A Study of Public Perception and Attitudes.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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  10. A hitchhiker's guide to cancer models.Trends in biotechnology · 2022
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  16. Strategies to apply 3Rs in preclinical testing.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rajkumar CheluvappaDepartment of Medicine, St. George Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3472-9591
Paul ScowenDepartment of Animal Services, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Rajaraman EriMucosal Biology Laboratory, School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animals have been used in research and teaching for a long time. However, clear ethical guidelines and pertinent legislation were instated only in the past few decades, even in developed countries with Judeo-Christian ethical roots. We compactly cover the basics of animal research ethics, ethical reviewing and compliance guidelines for animal experimentation across the developed world, "our" fundamentals of institutional animal research ethics teaching, and emerging alternatives to animal research. This treatise was meticulously constructed for scientists interested/involved in animal research. Herein, we discuss key animal ethics principles - Replacement/Reduction/Refinement. Despite similar undergirding principles across developed countries, ethical reviewing and compliance guidelines for animal experimentation vary. The chronology and evolution of mandatory institutional ethical reviewing of animal experimentation (in its pioneering nations) are summarised. This is followed by a concise rendition of the fundamentals of teaching animal research ethics in institutions. With the advent of newer methodologies in human cell-culturing, novel/emerging methods aim to minimise, if not avoid the usage of animals in experimentation. Relevant to this, we discuss key extant/emerging alternatives to animal use in research; including organs on chips, human-derived three-dimensional tissue models, human blood derivates, microdosing, and computer modelling of various hues.

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alternativesanimal ethics committeeanimal experimentationanimal researchcodedistressethicspainpathophysiologyreductionreplacement

Identifiers

PMID28805976
PMCPMC5684868

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