Morrissey, B, Blyth, K, Carter, P et al. (4 more authors) (2017) The Sharing Experimental Animal Resources, Coordinating Holdings (SEARCH) Framework: Encouraging Reduction, Replacement, and Refinement in Animal Research. PLoS Biology, 15 (1). e2000719. ISSN 1544-9173
Abstract
While significant medical breakthroughs have been achieved through using animal models, our experience shows that often there is surplus material remaining that is frequently never revisited but could be put to good use by other scientists. Recognising that most scientists are willing to share this material on a collaborative basis, it makes economic, ethical, and academic sense to explore the option to utilise this precious resource before generating new/additional animal models and associated samples. To bring together those requiring animal tissue and those holding this type of archival material, we have devised a framework called Sharing Experimental Animal Resources, Coordinating Holdings (SEARCH) with the aim of making remaining material derived from animal studies in biomedical research more visible and accessible to the scientific community. We encourage journals, funding bodies, and scientists to unite in promoting a new way of approaching animal research by adopting the SEARCH framework.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017, Morrissey et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology (LICAP) > Pathology & Tumour Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jan 2017 15:55 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 22:21 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2000719 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
Identification Number: | 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000719 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:110939 |