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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.
China: 5-Year-Program for Animal-Free Product Safety Tests in the Cosmetic Industry
Sunday, 22 April 2012 09:37In February of this year, the China State Food and Drug Administration (sFDA) presented a first draft standard of a phototoxicity assay similar that of the OECD Test Guideline (TG) 432, an in vitro phototoxicity test for public comment.
Animal Protection Law in Research and Safety Assessment: Congressional Briefing
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 09:31The similarities and differences in European Union (EU) and United States (US) animal welfare laws and policies for research and safety assessment are debated.
SEURAT tests xCELLigence from Roche
Monday, 02 April 2012 09:41The xCELLigence RTCA System from Roche has been tested by the EU initiative SEURAT ("Safety Evaluation Ultimately Replacing Animal Testing"), which runs from 2011 until 2016, as an alternative to animal testing in the cosmetics industry.
Open Workshop on the “Human Toxome Project” at the European Parliament in Brussels
Monday, 02 April 2012 09:39This workshop presented and organized by Vittorio Prodi, member of the European Parliament and ENVI and ITRE committees, will be held at the European Parliament in Brussels on 15 May 2012 from 12:00 to 14:00 in Room PHS 1A002.
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