Researchers and Their Experimental Models: A Pilot Survey in the Context of the European Union Health and Life Science Research.

ABSTRACT: A significant debate is ongoing on the effectiveness of animal experimentation, due to the increasing reports of failure in the translation of results from preclinical animal experiments to human patients. Scientific, ethical, social and economic considerations linked to the use of animals raise concerns in a variety of societal contributors (regulators, policy makers, non-governmental organisations, industry, etc.). The aim of this study was to record researchers' voices about their vision on this science evolution, to reconstruct as truthful as possible an image of the reality of health and life science research, by using a key instrument in the hands of the researcher: the experimental models. Hence, we surveyed European-based health and life sciences researchers, to reconstruct and dec

SUBMITTER: Del Pace L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9597815 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature