In our 3Rs Webinar on Monday, July 31, at 1 pm New York/6 pm London/7 pm Berlin, Dr. Pandora Pound will present her forthcoming book ‘Rat Trap: The Capture of Medicine by Animal Research – and how to Break Free’.
In her book Rat Trap, Dr Pandora Pound, Research Director at Safer Medicines Trust, provides a riveting account of how animal research became so well established, before proceeding to painstakingly reveal the futility and shockingly poor quality of most animal studies.
Focusing on the science, she illustrates how medical progress is being thwarted by an obsolete and harmful practice, but also shows how awe-inspiring new technologies could revolutionise medicine if only it were able to escape the stranglehold of animal research. Rat Trap (publication date 28th August 2023) slays the many myths about animal research and shows that, far from being a necessary evil, it is one of the most important and urgent scientific issues of our time. In this webinar, Dr Pound discusses her book as well as the difficulties she faced getting it published, throwing light on the challenges of communicating with the general public about the science and replacement of animal research.