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Nature 446, 856 (19 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/446856d; Published online 18 April 2007

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Who will start the 3Rs ball rolling for animal welfare?

Victoria Buck1

  1. Division of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK

Hanno Würbel, in his Correspondence "Publications should include an animal-welfare section", suggests an effective and powerful way in which journals, by including a dedicated category for the 3Rs — replace, refine, reduce — in the methodology section, could benefit both scientific research and animal welfare (Nature 446, 257; doi:10.1038/446257a 2007, and see http://blogs.nature.com/nautilus/2007/03/proposal_for_journals_to_inclu.html