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Vein grafts made from stem cells
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 08:30A research group led by Suchitra Holgersson Sumitran from the University of Gothenburg has implanted a vein in a 10-year-old girl using the patient´s own stem cells.
Magnetic Sensor for Neurological Diagnosis Developed
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 08:14This new magnetic field sensor can be used in medical diagnosis, for example in studies of brain currents during the performance of cognitive tasks.
Berlin: 2011 less animal experimentation
Thursday, 07 June 2012 08:33According to an unpublished study, the number of animals used in experiments show a definite decline of 8,000 animals in 2011.
ECVAM Search Guide available
Wednesday, 06 June 2012 08:37The Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission has published a guide for the search for alternative methods to animal experiments. The book can be downloaded for free.
Stem cells from human Chorion
Monday, 04 June 2012 08:41Scientists at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) led by Vladimir Serikov, MD, PhD, and Frans Kuypers, PhD, report in the current Epub issue of Stem Cells Translational Medicine that placental stem cells with important therapeutic properties can be harvested in large quantities from the fetal side of human term placentas (called the chorion).
Drug Development: New mechanism of side effects discovered
Monday, 04 June 2012 08:39Two U.S. research groups have developed, independently from each other, a new approach to the way an autoimmune hypersensitivity reaction occurs under a particular drug influence. Advancing the development of new drugs could allow the reduction of animal tests.
Berlin: Satellite Meeting to replace animal tests
Monday, 04 June 2012 08:35As part of the third workshop of the European Project AXLR8 from June 10th to 13th at the Free University of Berlin, scientists from the United States and Europe present some important new methods.
New Imaging techniques in Israel: A microscope makes blood flow in the body visible
Wednesday, 30 May 2012 08:42Israeli researchers have developed a microscope that allows to look to observe the blood flow through the skin observing. Even individual cells can be looked at without marking them with a colour or a radioactive substance.
CAAT presents the Human Toxome Project at the European Parliament in Brussels
Thursday, 17 May 2012 08:44On 15th May 2012 the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) with the support of the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR), the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC), the Humane Society International (HSI) as well as the renamed European Union Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL ECVAM) presented their new toxicity approach at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Leipzig: Nanostructured Substrates allow Long-Term Tissue Culture
Thursday, 26 April 2012 09:28A research group has developed nanostructured solid substrates of titanium dioxide nanotubes that are suitable for the cultivation of adult tissue over a longer period.
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