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Animal Free Research UK

Founded	1970; 55 years ago (1970)
Founder	Sidney Hicks
Focus	Alternatives to animal testing
Location	King's Cross, London
Method	Education, research, funding
Key people	Carla Owen, CEO; Dr Karen Pilkington; Mike Philpott; Laura-Jane Sheridan, Chair of Trustees; neuro-oncologist Dr. Geoff Pilkington
Website	www.animalfreeresearchuk.org

Animal Free Research UK (AFRUK), formerly the Dr Hadwen Trust, is a UK medical research charity that funds and promotes non-animal techniques to replace animal experiments. Established in 1970, the work undertaken by Animal Free Research UK develops reliable science whilst avoiding animal testing.

History

Animal Free Research UK was established as the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research in 1970 (registered charity number 261096). It was formed by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) in honour of its former president, Walter Hadwen. In 1980, Dr Hadwen Trust split from BUAV and became an independent charity.

The charity became incorporated as a charitable company (registered charity number 1146896) in 2013. In 2015, the Dr Hadwen Trust became registered as a charity in Scotland (SC045327). In April 2017, the charity changed its working name from Dr Hadwen Trust to become Animal Free Research UK.

Animal Free Research UK promotes the practice of non-animal research through its funding, publications, science community outreach, and the media. Its purpose is to "support scientists to transition from using animals to using new approach methodologies in medical research".

Research

Projects receiving funding from the Dr. Hadwen Trust range from epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, breast and skin cancer, meningitis, asthma, diabetes and drug testing, to arthritis, Parkinson’s disease, lung injury, whooping cough, vaccine testing, dentistry, heart disease, tropical illness, fetal development, brain tumours, and AIDS.

Funding is received in the form of summer studentships, PhD students, post-docs, and strategic grants.

See also

• List of animal rights groups
• The Three Rs
• Cellular model
• Computational biology
• Computational biomodeling
• Computer experiment
• Folding@home
• In silico
• In vitro
• Animal in vitro cellular and developmental biology
• Plant in vitro cellular and developmental biology
• In vitro toxicology
• In vitro to in vivo extrapolation
• Nonclinical studies
• Virtual screening
• Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (1986)
• Directive 2010/63/EU
• Walter Hadwen

References

1. Pain Experts Say Greater Focus On High-Tech Non-Animal Research Could Help Thousands Of Patients Archived 21 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine 15 August 2008 Medical News Today
2. Call to end animal pain-research 14 August 2008 BBC News
3. ^ "Our History". Animal Research UK. 2023. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023.
4. "Governance". Animal Research UK. 2023. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023.
5. "Vision, Mission, Values". Animal Research UK. 2023. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023.
6. Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre RNA and RNAi Archived August 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine The Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre
7. Breast Cancer In A Test Tube Wins Prize For Replacing Laboratory Animals Archived 4 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine 30 March 2009 Medical News Today

External links

• Official website
• "Animal Free Research UK, registered charity no. 1146896". Charity Commission for England and Wales.

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Testing on	Frogs Invertebrates Primates Rabbits Rodents Syrian hamsters
Issues	Animal rights Animal welfare Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act Biomedical Research Great ape research ban International primate trade Laboratory animal allergy Pain and suffering in laboratory animals
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Companies	Charles River Laboratories Fortrea Inotiv Jackson Laboratory Nafovanny
Groups and campaigns	Anti-Vivisection Coalition Americans for Medical Progress AAAS AALAS Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society Animal Free Research UK ALF Boyd Group Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing Cruelty Free International PETA ALF Foundation for Biomedical Research National Anti-Vivisection Society New England Anti-Vivisection Society Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Primate Freedom Project Pro-Test SHAC SPEAK Speaking of Research Stop Sequani Animal Testing Research Defence Society Understanding Animal Research
Writers and activists	Colin Blakemore Carl Cohen Gill Langley Ingrid Newkirk Neal D. Barnard Jerry Vlasak Simon Festing Tipu Aziz
Legislation	Animal testing regulations Animal Experimentation Convention 1986 (Council of Europe) Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (UK) Animal Welfare Act 1999 (NZ) Animal Welfare Act of 1966 (US) Directive 2010/63/EU (EU)

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