research

Experiments performed for biomedical research (or basic research) can be divided in those that deal with the health of human beings/animals and those that try to increase the general understanding of the anatomical/physiological/psychological mechanisms of living beings.

The basic research does not aim for immediate application of results.

The use of animals is not mandatory and each researcher has the freedom to decide the method of research, abiding to the national laws regulating laboratory animal use and care (if it exists).

For information on non animal methods, data bases, journals, scientific groups, universities and organisations in the field of alternatives

ECVAM Database

• ECVAM database service on alternative methods to animal experimentation (DB-ALM)

Other Databases

• INVITTOX - List of Available Protocols

• Data Base list of alternative methods ALTBIB

• AnimAlt-ZEBETM

• US Dept. Of Veterans

• "Literature serch for Alternatives" of AWIC

• UCCAA

• EURCA (European Resource Centre for Alternatives in Higher Education)

• Akademie für Tierschutz

• National Agricultural Library

• UCCAA

• US National Library of Medicine

• Virtual Library

Universities and scientific centres

• The Johns Hopkins University - Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing

• Alt-web: Alternatives to Animal Testing on the Web.

• NICA - Nordic Information Centre for Alternative Methods

• ESTIV - European Society of Toxicology in Vitro

• ECVAM - European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods

Foundations/trusts for the development of alternatives

• The Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research - UK

• The Lord Dowding Fund - UK

• The Humane Research Trust - UK

• The Swedish Fund for Research Without Animal Experiments - Sweden

• Fond für Versuchtierfreie Forshung- Switzerland

• Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments - UK

• NCA (Netherlands Centre Alternatives to Animal Use)

• ATRA - Animal rights organisation - Switzerland

• LeAL - Animal rights organisation - Italy

Scientific journals

• ATLA - Alternatives To Laboratory Animals

• ALTEX - Alternativen zu Tierexperimenten

• Toxicology in Vitro

• In Vitro & Molecular Toxicology