SciScore Rigor FAQ

IACUC Approval - What is this?

  • Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Statement (IACUC)

    • Applicable guidelines: MDAR, ARRIVE

    • A statement (usually a single sentence) addressing IACUC ethical approval for research involving vertebrate organisms.

    • More information from the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare

    • More information from the ARRIVE checklist IACUC

    • If we find an IACUC statement, then SciScore expects to find the following items ((ie_criteria or attrition), sex, (age or weight), randomization, blinding, power);

    • Example: All animal experiments were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations and were approved by the University of Pennsylvania Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).

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