{{Short description|British organization}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|right The '''National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research''' ('''NC3Rs''', pronounced as "N C 3 Rs") is a British organization with the goal of reducing the number of animals used in scientific research.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Burden|first1=Natalie|last2=Chapman|first2=Kathryn|last3=Sewell|first3=Fiona|last4=Robinson|first4=Vicky|date=March 2015|title=Pioneering Better Science through the 3Rs: An Introduction to the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)|journal=Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science|volume=54|issue=2|pages=198–208|issn=1559-6109|pmc=4382625|pmid=25836967}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Singh|first=Jatinder|date=2012|title=The national centre for the replacement, refinement, and reduction of animals in research|journal=Journal of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics|volume=3|issue=1|pages=87–89|doi=10.1177/0976500X20120105 |issn=0976-500X|pmc=3284057|pmid=22368436}}</ref> It is named after the three Rs principles, first described in 1959, for reducing the scale and impact of animal research. It was established in 2004 after the publication of a 2002 House of Lords select committee report on ''Animals In Scientific Procedures''<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Lords - Animals In Scientific Procedures - Report |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldselect/ldanimal/150/15001.htm |website=publications.parliament.uk |publisher=House of Lords: Session 2001-02 |access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Who we are and what we do |url=https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do |website=www.nc3rs.org.uk |publisher=NC3Rs |access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> {{As of|2021}}, the chief executive of NC3Rs is Dr Vicky Robinson,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our team {{!}} NC3Rs|url=https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/about-us/our-team|access-date=2021-03-21|website=www.nc3rs.org.uk}}</ref> who was appointed CBE in the 2015 Birthday Honours "For services to Science and Animal Welfare".<ref>{{cite web |title=New Years Honours 2015 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/393780/New_Years_Honours_2015_Queens_List.pdf |publisher=gov.uk |access-date=23 November 2021 |page=17}}</ref>
== See also == * ARRIVE guidelines
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/}}
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