3r smart

Replacement - Reduction - Refinement

Methods to replace and supplement animal experiments

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About 3R SMART

Training platform for methodological approaches to reduce animal experiments

Welcome to 3R SMART!
We are an information and training platform that is aimed at both interested lay people and also scientists and technical personnel. The 3Rs stand for the Refinement, Reduction and Replacement of animal experiments.

The project is financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and coordinated and built up by the Foundation Veterinary University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover and the Philipps University of Marburg.

 

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Articles about 3R

3R

The 3R-Concept

This article details what the 3Rs concept means, where it comes from and what the legal implementation of the concept looks like in Germany.


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Refinement

Haemocompatibility

In this article, a test is presented for determining the blood tolerability of medical devices.


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Replacement

MoNLightBoNT-Assay

The MoNLightBoNT assay is designed to be used in the long run as an alternative to the mouse lethality test for the activity testing of various products containing Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), such as Botox®.


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News

News

Annual Conference of the 3R Network BW

Abstract Submission Deadline: 30.04.2023

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Bf3R - Research funding 2023

Application deadline: 31.05.2023

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Lower Saxony Animal Welfare Award for R2N

R2N – Replace and Reduce from Lower Saxony

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