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ALS

abbreviation of: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

ATMP

abbreviation of: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product

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Charité 3R

definition: Charité 3R

Charité 3R – Replace | Reduce | Refine – promotes the development of innovative methods in biomedical research with the objective of replacing animal experiments, reducing their number or refining experiments in order to relieve the burden placed on laboratory animals. With the over-arching goal of improving biomedical translation into applicable therapies for the human patient in mind, Charité 3R is an interdisciplinary effort to improve both medicine and animal welfare. Charité 3R will stimulate research in all 3Rs and consequently foster the development of novel alternative methods.

Charite 3R Website

CRC

definition: Collaborative Research Center, funded by the German Research Foundation

CT

abbreviation of: computed tomography

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DFG

abbreviation of: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

German Research Foundation

DFG

abbreviation of: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft = German Research Foundation

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MRI

abbreviation of: Magnetic resonance imaging

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SFB

abbreviation of: Sonderforschungsbereich = Collaborative Research Centre