Dear List Members,
The following event may be of
interest.
Friday 14th September, 2007 BA
Festival of Science
SEMINAR: Developing new treatments using animal
experiments: separating fact from artefact.
The use of animal models of human
disease is coming under increasing scrutiny. How helpful such models are in
developing new treatments for humans has been the focus of increasing research.
This session will explore the evidence, the challenges, and the opportunities
for enhancing the robustness, relevance and transferability of data from animal
experiments.
09:15-09:25
What do we know about animal
models of disease?
Professor Peter
Sandercock,University of Edinburgh
09:25-09:55
Systematic review and
meta-analysis - what can they do?
A review of the contribution of
systematic review and metaanalysis to our
understanding of clinical trials
Professor Ian Roberts, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
09:55-10:25
Problems with developing
treatments for stroke
Professor Philip Bath, University of Nottingham
10:25-10:55
Fact and artefact in animal
models of stroke
Dr Malcolm Macleod
The CAMARADES
Collaboration
10:40-11:00
Coffee
Break
11:00-11:10
The public debate about the
science of animal experiments
How is the debate about the relevance
of animal experiments to human health played
out in public? How can the quality of debate be
improved?
Dr Simon Festing, Research Defence Society
11:10-11:20
A view from the
NC3Rs
A reflection on the problems
identified earlier from the perspective of the
NC3Rs, and explore what might be done to help
solve these problems.
Dr Vicky Robinson
National Centre for Refinement,
Replacement and Reduction of Animals in
Research
11:20-11:30
A view from the
journals
A reflection on the problems
identified earlier from the perspective of the
scientific press, and explore what the Journals
might do to help solve these problems.
Dr Virginia Barbour, PLoS Medicine
11:30-11:40
Why are animal
studies poor predictors
in medicine?
There is an urgent need for
improvements in how animal experiments are performed and how they are assessed
for their scientific validity. SABRE
Research UK, an independent UK charity
representing the interests of patients and research volunteers calls for rigorous scientific methods to
assess the medical value of research involving
animals.
Professor Michael Bracken, Yale
University and Oxford University,
on behalf of SABRE Research
UK
11:40-11:50
A view from the Home
Office
A speaker for the Home Office Animal
Inspectorate will reflect on the problems
identified earlier, and explore what might be
done to help solve these problems.
Home Office participant
TBA
11:50-12:20
Separating fact from artefact
- how we can improve what we
do
Dr Malcolm Macleod
The CAMARADES
Collaboration
12:35-13:05
General discussion and questions from
the floor
Event organised by:
The CAMARADES Group
Location: Chemistry
C/A101, University of York (BA Festival of Science)
Cost and booking
information (where applicable) £5
(included in pass)