Go3R - Search to Avoid Animal Testing
In development for 4 months, the German company Transinsight has released Go3R, the first worldwide knowledge-based search engine for alternative methods to animal experiments. Using the search engine, scientists from all over the world can take advantage of the benefits of semantic searches for the area of alternative methods in scientific testing following the “3R’s” Principle.
Go3R is designed to locate information on replacement, reduction, and refinement (the 3Rs) of scientific methods so they require less animals for testing, or none at all. It also helps researchers locate information on existing alternative methods to refrain from using animals when alternative methods are available.
“With our information technology Go3R, we are pleased to be able to present scientists with a tool that enables them to determine the indispensability of animal experiments more reliably…In the medium term, this will lead to a significant reduction of animal experiments. Achieving a world with less and less animal experiments is the worthwhile goal that Transinsight is happy to make a contribution to with all its might”, says Dr. Michael R. Alvers, CEO and Co-Founder of Transinsight.
Go3R was developed in cooperation with scientists from the Technical University of Dresden and the National German Centre for Documentation and Evaluation of Alternatives to Animal Experiments (ZEBET). With its expertise in the area of alternative methods, ZEBET has provided the specialist know how for the search machine. Go3R is now being extended to become a community platform enabling global cooperation without language barriers. Its goal is to achieve maximum availability of information with simultaneous transparency for scientists and researchers all over the world. The service is available free of charge.
