In Vivo Policy

Members of The Physiological Society are engaged in many different areas of research into cell, tissue, organ and system function (and malfunction), using myriad experimental approaches. Physiologists use in vitro (outside the living body and in an artificial environment) experimental approaches wherever possible, for example to examine events within individual cells. For the study of body systems, research involving animals plays a fundamental part in the life sciences.

The Physiological Society fully supports the ‘3Rs’ and works with various partners pro-actively to develop new technologies and techniques, including the UK’s National Centre for the 3Rs