Institute for Laboratory Animal Research

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The Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) is a United States organization which develops and shares information and guidelines about animal testing and care of laboratory animals. [1] It is a unit in the United States National Research Council. Their mission is "to evaluate and to report on scientific, technological, and ethical use of animals and related biological resources, and of non-animal alternatives in non-food settings, such as research, testing, education, and production of pharmaceuticals". [2]

An important influential factor to the formation of the ILAR was scientist Paul Weiss by holding a conference on Animal Procurements in July 1952. After the conference, the organization was recommended in November 1952 as the Institute of Animal Resources. In 1953, the Institute of Animal Resources was formally established under the NRC Division of Biology and Agriculture. [4] In 1956 it became the Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources. [5]

The ILAR website contains a variety of resources, including current news, resources, event information and highlights. [6]

The institute is a part of the Division on Earth and Life Studies and continuously has studies in progress on their website that one can look into and research. Their current study in progress is called "Assessment of the Care and Use of Dogs in Research Funded by or Conducted at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs". [7]

The Institute of Laboratory Animal Research also has a successful journal that started over 50 years ago in 1953. The most current published journal is the 57th volume and is currently being published by the Oxford University Press. The newest volume is called "Models of Viral-Induced Carcinogenesis and Oncolytic Viruses" [8] The volume discusses different cancer forms relating to a variety of different animals.

The ILAR also puts on workshops and one can look up previous workshops on their website. [9]

In addition to the workshops they also put on events. You can find information on upcoming and previous events they have had on their website. [10]

In 2011 the American Psychological Association criticized ILAR's 8th edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals for seeming like a list of requirements rather than guidelines. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Zurlo, J (December 2009). "The Institute for Laboratory Animal Research - an international resource for promoting the Three Rs". Alternatives to Laboratory Animals. 37 Suppl 2 (2_suppl): 69–73. doi: 10.1177/026119290903702S22 . PMID   20105016. S2CID   24881297.
  2. ↑ "Mission and Core Values". dels.nas.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  3. ↑ "Mission and Core Values". dels.nas.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  4. ↑ Wolfle, Thomas L. (2003-01-01). "50 Years of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR): 1953-2003". ILAR Journal. 44 (4): 324–337. doi: 10.1093/ilar.44.4.324 . ISSN   1084-2020. PMID   13130163.
  5. ↑ Russell, W M S; Burch, R L (1959). The principles of humane experimental technique. London: Methuen Publishing . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Institute for Laboratory Animal Research - ilar". dels.nas.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  7. ↑ "Assessment of the Care and Use of Dogs in Research Funded by or Conducted at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs : Division on Earth and Life Studies". dels.nas.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  8. ↑ "ILAR Journal". dels.nas.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  9. ↑ "Institute for Laboratory Animal Research - Workshop Reports/Summaries Division on Earth and Life Studies". dels.nas.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  10. ↑ "Institute for Laboratory Animal Research - Past Events: Division on Earth and Life Studies". dels.nas.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  11. ↑ Panicker, Sangeeta (June 2011). "APA recommends against proposed federal lab animal research policy". apa.org. Retrieved 30 December 2015.



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