Ethics of Research involving animals
Glossary of abbreviations
3Rs ABPI ADR AIDS ALF AMRC APC A(SP)A BBSRC BMA BSE BUAV CJD CMP CNS CSM DBS DNA DTI EC ECG ECVAM ERP ES EU FDA FoI FRAME GM HIV HO HSE IAT ICCVAM ICH IDG3Rs LAVA LASA MAG MHRA MORI MRC MRI NACWO NC3Rs NVS OECD OTMS PET RA REACH RDS RNA RSPCA SHAC The Statistics TNF TSE UFAW USA | Reduction, Refinement and Replacement Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry Adverse drug reaction Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Animal Liberation Front Association of Medical Research Charities Animal Procedures Committee Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council British Medical Association Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease Coalition for Medical Progress Central nervous system Committee on Safety of Medicines Deep brain stimulation Deoxyribonucleic acid Department of Trade and Industry European Commission Electrocardiogram European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods Ethical Review Process Cells Embryonic stem cells European Union US Food and Drug Administration Freedom of Information Act Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments Genetically modified Human Immunodeficiency Virus Home Office Health and Safety Executive Institute of Animal Technology Interagency Co-ordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternatives International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use Inter-departmental Group on the 3Rs Laboratory Animal Veterinary Association Laboratory Animals Science Association Myelin-associated glycoprotein Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Market & Opinion Research International Medical Research Council Magnetic Resonance Imaging Named AnNAVS National Anti-Vivisection Society National Centre for the 3Rs Named Veterinary Surgeon Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Over thirty months scheme Positron Emission Tomography Rheumatoid arthritis Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals RDS: Understanding Animal Research in Medicine. Previously the Research Defence Society Ribonucleic acid Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty The Statistics Home Office (2004) Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2003 (Norwich: HMSO) Tumour Necrosis Factor Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Universities Federation for Animal Welfare United States of America |