Dr Hadwen Trust

The Dr. Hadwen Trust is the UK's leading medical research charityPain Experts Say Greater Focus On High-Tech Non-Animal Research Could Help Thousands Of Patients 15 August 2008 Medical News Today that funds and promotes exclusively non-animal techniques to replace animal experiments.Call to end animal pain-research 14 August 2008 BBC NewsDr Hadwen Trust: EU Parliament vote on animal experiments law gives “a glimmer of hope for animals but doesn't go far enough." 05, May 2009 politics.co.uk Established in 1970] (Registered charity number 261096), the work undertaken by the Dr Hadwen Trust benefits humans with the development of more relevant and reliable science whilst also benefiting laboratory animals.
The portfolio of work funded by the Dr. Hadwen Trust is high-quality, peer-reviewed and innovative research, combining strict ethical principles and scientific excellence. Projects receiving funding from the Dr. Hadwen Trust range from epilepsy, multiple sclerosis,Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre RNA and RNAi The Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre breastBreast Cancer In A Test Tube Wins Prize For Replacing Laboratory Animals 30 March 2009 Medical News Today 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.
The Dr Hadwen Trust is internationally recognised as a leading authority on replacing animal experiments and actively promotes the concept and practice of non-animal research through its policy work, publications, science community outreach and the media. Active memberships of Eurogroup for Animals, the International Council for Animal Protection in OECD Programmes (ICAPO) and Focus on Alternatives enable the Dr Hadwen Trust to transmit its message globally and effectively. The Dr Hadwen Trust is the Chair of Focus on Alternatives, a coalition of expert non-governmental organisations which fund or promote methods that replace animal experiments.
== See also ==
* Alternatives to animal testing
== References ==
== External links ==
* Dr Hadwen Trust website
* The Dr Hadwen Trust's science website
===Video===
*Animal research is poor science, Peter Tatchell interviews Gill Langley of the Dr Hadwen Trust, on Talking with Tatchell, accessed September 4, 2009.
Category:Animal testing
Category:Health charities in the United Kingdom
Category:Organisations based in Hertfordshire
Category:Animal rights movement
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Category:Animal testing
Category:Health charities in the United Kingdom
Category:Organisations based in Hertfordshire
Category:Animal rights movement