Animals in Scientific Research 413 World Medical Association (1964) Declaration of Helsinki: ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects http://www.wma.net/en/30publica tions/10policies/b3/ Accessed 25 August 2015 Yue, F., Cheng, Y., Breschi, A.,Vierstra, J., et al (2014) A comparative encyclopaedia of DNA elements in the mouse genome Nature, 515(7527), 355–364 André Menache holds degrees in zoology and veterinary medicine He is a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine (subspeciality Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law) and has served on several animal research ethics committees both within and outside the European Union