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Spanish Group on Alternative Methods (GTEMA)

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Grupo de Trabajo Especializado en Métodos Alternativos. Speciality Group of the Spanish Toxicology Society. Non profit-making organization.

ESTABLISHMENT:

After several years of informal contacts between members of the Spanish Toxicology Society, agreement on the convenience of the formal constitution of the group was eventually reached due to the excellent opportunity provided when Spanish participants attended the Working Group on Complementary Methods sponsored by the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) and the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) in 1995.

AIMS:

The main objective of the group is to stimulate the cooperation and coordination of the scientific activities to contribute to the development of new experimental methods, in vivo and in vitro, so as to reduce the number of animals used, refine techniques in order to reduce animal suffering, or replace the use of animals altogether (the three "r"s).

Another aim is to stimulate the participation of Spanish research groups in method prevalidation and validation programmes and to promote the regulatory acceptance of alternative methods, particularly in vitro toxicity methods.

MEETINGS:

Note: reports of the followings meetings are available at the main page, section 'Documentos')

MAIN COLLABORATIONS:

* Due to the splendid collaboration with ECVAM, and particularly with Dr M Balls and Dr J Fentem, the members of GTEMA are very well informed about ECVAM activities.

OTHER ACTIVITIES / PRODUCTS:

CONTACT:

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