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Marcel Leist Receives Felix Wankel Animal Welfare Award
Friday, 12 April 2013 18:34For his work on alternative methods to animal testing the toxicologist Prof. Dr. Marcel Leist received the € 15,000 Felix Wankel Animal Welfare Research award.
Pancreatic cancer research without animals
Tuesday, 09 April 2013 18:36Scientists at the University Surgical Hospital in Heidelberg together with the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have developed a methodology allowing to study aggressive pancreatic tumors which does not require animal tests.
Adult Stem Cell isolation from human Intestinal Tissue
Monday, 08 April 2013 18:47Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the leadership of Scott T. Magness, PhD, assistant professor in the departments of medicine, biomedical engineering, and cell and molecular physiology at UNC, together with Megan K. Fuller, MD, were successful in isolating adult stem cells from human intestinal tissue.
Online survey on REACH
Thursday, 04 April 2013 18:45An online survey is lead by the Federal Bureau of chemicals at the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) until May 3, 2013. All players of the REACH process are invited to participate.
Production facility for low-cost lab-on-a-chip systems
Tuesday, 26 March 2013 18:50The consortium of the EU-funded research project, "ML² - Multilayer MicroLab" wants to establish a new procedure for a cost-effective large-scale series production of lab-on-a-chip systems, so these systems can be disseminated to the market quickly.
Gene evolution: Not only copies
Tuesday, 26 March 2013 18:48Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön have examined genes from human, mouse, zebrafish and stickleback. They refuted the thesis that new genes are created simply from copies of old genes.
Diagnostic Imaging: Brain scans provide evidence of hubris
Thursday, 21 March 2013 18:51A group of American and Japanese researchers using the functional magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography succeeded in elucidating the processes in the brain that lead to an self-overestimation. The researchers published their findings in the Journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" (PNAS).
Organ-on-Chip Technology: Cooperation between Haward Wyss Institute and Sony DADC
Monday, 18 March 2013 18:55The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Sony DADC announced a collaboration that will harness Sony DADC’s global manufacturing expertise to further advance the Institute’s Organs-on-Chips technologies.
Baden-Württemberg gives financial support for Alternatives to Animal Testing
Thursday, 14 March 2013 18:53Baden-Württemberg wants to be a model in biomedical research and provides additional money for the development of alternatives to animal testing.
Despite replacement procedures: still animal testing in the EU
Wednesday, 13 March 2013 18:58A new study of the Animal Welfare Academy in Neubiberg near Munich, which was funded by the Foundation for the Promotion of Alternative and Complementary Methods to Reduce Animal Testing (set), has found that in the context of the European chemicals directive REACH still avoidable animal experiments are carried out despite existing replacement process.
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Menschen für Tierrechte - Tierversuchsgegner Rheinland-Pfalz e.V.