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Prime Editing to more precise genetic modifications
Tuesday, 29 October 2019 15:33Researchers from the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT at Cambridge have developed a new gene-editing technique that modifies the genetic code more precisely than the CRISPR/Cas9 currently in use. The procedure is called Prime Editing and is expected to be promising for the future therapy of hereditary diseases.
SEAC expert: EU citizens and industry expect "big reduction" of mandatory animal testing
Tuesday, 29 October 2019 15:06Dr. Julia Fentem is head of the Unilever Safety and Environment Centre (SEAC). She spoke with EURACTIV.com on "Building trust for the use of 3Rs" on 29 October before the annual European Partnership for Alternative Approaches (EPAA) conference.
IIVS: Funding to expand in vitro inhalation toxicology testing service
Tuesday, 29 October 2019 15:04The Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is receiving $50,000 from the PETA International Science Consortium (PISC) to expand the in vitro toxicology testing services.
Brussels: the fight for the research budget
Friday, 25 October 2019 14:53The planned long-term financial plan for research and innovation in the EU (Horizon Europe) of 94.1 billion euros for the years 2021-2027 seems to be on the brink of failure. There is a danger of cuts even to a lower budget than the previous Horizon 2020 program. The negotiations between the European partners are at a standstill.
Animal Welfare Research Award of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture goes to young IfADo researcher
Friday, 25 October 2019 13:04This year's 38th Animal Welfare Research Award of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture was given to Wiebke Albrecht from the Leibniz Institute for Work Research at the Technical University of Dortmund (IfADo). Together with international colleagues, she has developed a method to evaluate and improve the performance of in vitro liver toxicity test systems.
Animal Welfare Research Award for "Clean Printing"
Friday, 25 October 2019 10:49The Association of Doctors Against Animal Experimentation (ÄgT) recently awarded Dr. Johanna Berg and Prof. Dr. Jens Kurreck, Head of the Department of Applied Biochemistry at the Technical University of Berlin, with the Herbert Stiller Prize for their work on "Clean Bioprinting". The aim of this project is to print human organ models completely without the use of any animal products.
News from the EUSAAT Congress in Linz
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 09:47With around 270 participants from 28 countries, the Congress of the European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EUSAAT) is the largest 3R congress in Europe. It is located in Linz at the Danube, Austria. The congress traditionally takes place in the years between the World Congresses.
Thuringian animal protection prize for a database on errors of animal experiments
Tuesday, 15 October 2019 10:24The developers of a database on errors of animal experiments from the animal welfare unit of the Jena University Hospital received this year's Thuringian Animal Welfare Award. For the first time, the prize was also offered for developments in the field of reduction of animal testing.
Overdose model on the chip to investigate into the opioid crisis
Monday, 30 September 2019 19:35As part of an initiative of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) against the opioid crisis in in the United States, the University of Central Florida (UIF) in Orlando will be developing overdose models by using the multi-organ chip systems of the start-up company Hesperos. For these investigations, the UCF has received the first phase of a $3.8 million NIH grant.
Einstein BIH Fellows: Tumor Research with Organoids
Monday, 30 September 2019 12:34Two new working groups involving renowned American scientists are being funded by the Charité Foundation with a total of 450,000 euros over the next three years.
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