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Heart tissue from pluripotent stem cells beats at a similar rate as natural heart muscle
Friday, 02 November 2012 20:59A team of scientists have been successfully in cultivating stem cells from human heart muscle tissue that can contract just as strong as natural tissue.
Max Planck Institute developed stem cell-based test for protective substances in ALS
Thursday, 01 November 2012 21:28Prof. Hans Schöler´s team from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster have developed a stem cell-based technique for the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
New Biomarkers for Prediction of Diabetes
Wednesday, 31 October 2012 21:30A German research team has analyzed 4,000 blood samples, which derived from different research projects. In so-called metabolome analysis they identified 14 novel biomarkers for type 2 diabetes.
Glial cells transformed into nerve cells
Sunday, 28 October 2012 21:32Researchers from Helmholtz Zentrum München have converted glial cells (supporting cells) directly into functional nerve cells, which play normally an important role in wound healing and information processing of neurons.
BASF provides IIVS with In Vitro Equipment
Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:35The chemical company BASF SE has provided U.S. based Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) with equipment critical to replacing the use of animals for eye irritation testing of certain chemicals. IIVS will place the units at each of its newly developed training laboratories in Xi'an, Beijing, and Guangzhou, China.
Toxicology: FDA wants to cooperate with European researchers
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 21:36The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to collaborate with European researchers in developing new toxicology tools that advance non-animal based safety science and health research.
Gel scaffold of Pulmonary Mucus forms Barrier for Nanoparticles
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 21:33Scientists from Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the Saarland University have unraveled the physical properties of the lung mucus. They found out that in lung mucus a stiff gel scaffold seperates large fluid-filled pores from each other and prevents the movement of nanoparticles via pore boundaries.
Cosmetics: ECEAE at the European Parliament
Monday, 22 October 2012 21:38At the 18th of October the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) presented about 240,000 signatures from the No Cruel Cosmetics campaign to the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament. The aim is to end the import and sale of cosmetics tested on animals in Europe. InVitroJobs was also resented.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of G-protein-coupled receptors
Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:48The biochemists Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka from the United States have received the this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on the function of receptors in body cells.
Research Team from the University Clinics of Freiburg and Mannheim receive Animal Welfare Research Award Baden-Württemberg
Tuesday, 09 October 2012 21:43The research team from the University Skin Clinics of Freiburg and Mannheim has developed an animal-free assay system, with which chemicals can be tested for their potential to cause the so-called contact dermatitis, a special form of inflammation.
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