Animal Free Research UK
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| Founded | 1970 |
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| Founder | Sidney Hicks |
| Focus | Alternatives to animal testing |
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| Method | Education, research, funding |
Key people | Carla Owen, CEO; Dr Karen Pilkington; Mike Philpott; Laura-Jane Sheridan, Chair of Trustees; neuro-oncologist Dr. Geoff Pilkington |
| Website | www |
Animal Free Research UK (AFRUK), formerly the Dr Hadwen Trust, is a UK medical research charity that funds and promotes non-animal techniques to replace animal experiments.[1][2] Established in 1970, the work undertaken by Animal Free Research UK develops reliable science whilst avoiding animal testing.
Originally registered with the Charity Commission as charity number 261096, as the Dr Hadwen Trust, the charity became incorporated as a charitable company (registered charity number 1146896) in 2013. In 2015, the Dr Hadwen Trust became registered as a charity in Scotland (SC045327). In April 2017, the charity changed its working name from Dr Hadwen Trust to become Animal Free Research UK.
Animal Free Research UK promotes the practice of non-animal research through its funding, publications, science community outreach, and the media.
Research
Projects receiving funding from the Dr. Hadwen Trust range from epilepsy, multiple sclerosis,[3] breast[4] and skin cancer, meningitis, asthma, diabetes and drug testing, to arthritis, Parkinson’s disease, lung injury, whooping cough, vaccine testing, dentistry, heart disease, tropical illness, fetal development, brain tumours, and AIDS.
Funding is received in the form of summer studentships, PhD students, post-docs, and strategic grants.
See also
- List of animal rights groups
- The Three Rs
- Cellular model
- Computational biology
- Computational biomodeling
- Computer experiment
- Folding@home
- In silico
- In vitro
- Animal in vitro cellular and developmental biology
- Plant in vitro cellular and developmental biology
- In vitro toxicology
- In vitro to in vivo extrapolation
- Nonclinical studies
- Virtual screening
- Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (1986)
- Directive 2010/63/EU
- Walter Hadwen
References
- ^ Pain Experts Say Greater Focus On High-Tech Non-Animal Research Could Help Thousands Of Patients 15 August 2008 Medical News Today
- ^ Call to end animal pain-research 14 August 2008 BBC News
- ^ Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre RNA and RNAi Archived August 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine The Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre
- ^ Breast Cancer In A Test Tube Wins Prize For Replacing Laboratory Animals 30 March 2009 Medical News Today
External links
- Official website
- "Animal Free Research UK, registered charity no. 1146896". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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