Understanding Animal Research
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Understanding Animal Research (UAR) is a British
advocacy group. It formed in late 2008 through the merger of two existing groups - the Research Defence Society
and the Coalition for Medical Progress. Its main aims are to "achieve understanding and acceptance of the need for humane animal research
in the UK". Its current Chief Executive is Dr. Simon Festing
, formerly executive director of the Research Defence Society.
Its website says that it is a membership organisation with over 100 organisational members and many more individual supporters. It is funded by its members who come from various sectors including academic, pharmaceutical, charities, research funders, professional and learned societies, and trades unions - all of whom support the use of animals for medical research. UAR believe that animal research is vital to the future of medical research, Dr. Festing
was quoted by The Scotsman
saying "there are still many things we just can't do without using animals. We can't study movement or brain function in a test tube. We can't get computers to do things that are quite simple, such as catch a cough. It is about working towards treatments and cures for very devastating diseases, from hepatitis to Parkinson's."
In conjunction with the Understanding Animal Research Website the organisation has created Animalresearch.Info, a wiki-style collaborative website for scientists and researchers to add peer-reviewed, fully referenced information on animal research.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
advocacy group. It formed in late 2008 through the merger of two existing groups - the Research Defence Society
Research Defence Society
The Research Defence Society was a British lobby group. At the end of 2008 the Research Defence Society merged with another UK organisation - the Coalition for Medical Progress to form Understanding Animal Research ....
and the Coalition for Medical Progress. Its main aims are to "achieve understanding and acceptance of the need for humane animal research
Animal testing
Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments. Worldwide it is estimated that the number of vertebrate animals—from zebrafish to non-human primates—ranges from the tens of millions to more than 100 million...
in the UK". Its current Chief Executive is Dr. Simon Festing
Simon Festing
Simon Festing is chief executive of the Society for General Microbiology.-Education:Festing graduated in 1987 as a Bachelor of Medicine from the London Hospital Medical College...
, formerly executive director of the Research Defence Society.
Its website says that it is a membership organisation with over 100 organisational members and many more individual supporters. It is funded by its members who come from various sectors including academic, pharmaceutical, charities, research funders, professional and learned societies, and trades unions - all of whom support the use of animals for medical research. UAR believe that animal research is vital to the future of medical research, Dr. Festing
Simon Festing
Simon Festing is chief executive of the Society for General Microbiology.-Education:Festing graduated in 1987 as a Bachelor of Medicine from the London Hospital Medical College...
was quoted by The Scotsman
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
saying "there are still many things we just can't do without using animals. We can't study movement or brain function in a test tube. We can't get computers to do things that are quite simple, such as catch a cough. It is about working towards treatments and cures for very devastating diseases, from hepatitis to Parkinson's."
In conjunction with the Understanding Animal Research Website the organisation has created Animalresearch.Info, a wiki-style collaborative website for scientists and researchers to add peer-reviewed, fully referenced information on animal research.