Abstract
Ethics Committee Symposium Recently various restrictions have been added in the environment surrounding biomedical scientists. For example, the Law Concerning the Humane Care and Control of Animals will be revised in May, 2005. To facilitate productive biomedical researches to protect human health, we should appeal to social community for appropriate support. For these support, we would propose a reasonable self-control system to assure public of biomedical ethics. It is also necessary to maintain stable supply of experimental animals in good condition. Prof. A. Kaneko, the president of this Society, will give a lecture on a proposal issued on July 14, 2004, by the Science Council of Japan, entitled as the promotion of support and understanding by the social community for animal experiments. The second speaker is Prof. T. Isa, who gave a lecture on the current status of the Japanese Monkey Bio-resource Project. [Jpn J Physiol 55 Suppl:S60 (2005)]
