At the end of December 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the "FDA Modernization Act 2.0." Under this law, it is no longer necessary to test the safety of drugs on animals in order to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the government agency that oversees food, drugs, and medical devices. This could initiate a significant reduction in animal testing after more than 80 years of safety testing of drugs on animals.

A team from Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden as well as from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is using an organ-on-a-chip to explore the possibilities of fighting persistent tumors with the help of radioactive substances.

Rare muscle disease in the petri dish

Wednesday, 21 December 2022 13:43

Researchers from Göttingen have developed skeletal muscles from human stem cells in their laboratory. The goal is to be able to test the efficacy of drugs without animal testing.

Newsletter December 2022

Monday, 19 December 2022 11:28

When hungry: cell switches metabolism to fat

Friday, 16 December 2022 11:00

A team led by Prof. Volker Haucke and Dr. Wonyul Jang at the Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) has discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which different compartments in the cell communicate with each other in such a way that cell metabolism is converted depending on the food supply.

Using three different cell cultures, a French research team has investigated the harmful effects that can be triggered by endocrine disruptors. The focus was particularly on the "apoptosis receptor" P2X7.

Using intestinal organoids, scientists at the University of Zurich have observed that alcohol ethoxylate, a chemical commonly found in commercial dishwashing detergents, can damage the human intestinal epithelium.

An international research team involving toxicologists from Constance and Düsseldorf has developed a test battery with human cells that can put an end to animal tests to detect neurotoxic substances.

The MPS World Summit 2023 Conference Organizers are pleased to announce several awards for the second MPS World Summit.

The Next Generation Humane Science Award is available annually to young scientists to acknowledge and encourage researchers who focus on replacing the use of animals in experiments. The 2023 award will be a 1st prize of $5,000 to recognize the outstanding work of one young scientist.