Skip to: Main Content | Site Links

Nuffield Council on Bioethics / Home

graphics version | home | site map | web accessibility

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


Printable Version