Gwi Hyang Lee, Heui-Jin Kim, Young-Shin Joo, Seung Yeon Kim, Barney Reed, Lynette A Hart, Byung In Choe
In Korea, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) have been legally required to apply the Three Rs principles (i.e. replacement , reduction and refinement ) and undertake the ethical review of animal study protocols, since 2008. According to Korean law, each IACUC is required to appoint at least one lay member recommended by a non-governmental animal protection organisation, who participates in the ethical review process as part of this role. Despite the importance of the Three Rs and the ethical review process, limited information and practical resources are available for IACUC members in the Korean language, particularly for lay members who are inexperienced in animal experimentation...
August 20, 2023: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals: ATLA