regulations and ethical considerations in animal experiments: international laws and islamic perspectives

Regulations and Ethical Considerations in Animal Experiments: International Laws and Islamic Perspectives

Growing usage of animals in the research projects has drawn more attention to their welfare and ethics surrounding this practice. Dissemination of information about the existing ethical consideration and alternatives in animal experiments has two important functions; first, it increases the researcher's awareness of the possible methods of using animals in the experiment, and second, to ensure ...

Ethical considerations in animal studies

Scientists undoubtedly owe their great advance and knowledge in biomedical research to millions of animals which they use every year in often-times extremely painful and distressing scientific procedures. One of the important issues in scientific research is to consider ethics in animal experimentation. Since this is a crucial issue in the modern era of medical research, in this paper, we have ...

Stunning and animal welfare from Islamic and scientific perspectives.

The transformation of an animal into pieces fit for human consumption is a very important operation. Rather than argue about halal slaughter without stunning being inhumane or stunning being controversial from the Islamic point of view, we discuss slaughter, stunning and animal welfare considering both Islamic and animal welfare legislation requirements. With the world Muslim population close t...

Alternative Methods to Animal Testing and Cosmetic Safety: An Update on Regulations and Ethical Considerations in Brazil

Consumers of personal care and cosmetic products have been protected for many years by regulatory organizations, always providing the most advanced science in order to ensure a better safety evaluation of products and ingredients. Since the middle of the 20th century, ethical considerations have been emerging concerning animal experimentation. The cosmetic industry was the first to have restric...

Ethical considerations in International Health Electives.

Ethical considerations in international biomedical research

The proliferation of international biomedical research has stimulated growing concern regarding the potential for exploitation of vulnerable populations in low-income countries by research sponsors in high-income countries. Three sets of international guidelines on ethical biomedical research — the WMA Declaration of Helsinki, the CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research I...