Video of the Week - Dr Elisa Passini on winning the 2017 3Rs Prize

The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) is an independent scientific organisation. Tasked by Government, they support the UK science base by driving and funding innovation and technological developments that replace or reduce the need for animals in research and testing, and lead to refinements in welfare where animals continue to be used.

Dr Elisa Passini (Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford) is the 2017 3Rs Prize winner. Here she discusses her prize-winning research into the development of computer models of human cardiac cells for the prediction of drug-induced cardiotoxicity. These have the potential to replace animal models in pre-clinical trials, as well as providing a more accurate model of human cardiac activity.

 

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