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Knowledge database of drug bioavailability
Sunday, 18 November 2012 20:48The biotech company PharmaInformatic has developed an extensive knowledge database on oral bioavailability of drugs that allows the targeted development of new drugs on the computer.
Awarding of the LUSH Prize Winners supporting animal testing
Friday, 16 November 2012 20:51The winners of the first LUSH prize for replacement of animal use originated by the cosmetic manufacturer LUSH in cooperation with the British organization Ethical Consumers are determined. This year there are 13 prize winners in five distinct categories.
ECEAE welcomes position of Commissioner Designate on cosmetics marketing ban
Tuesday, 13 November 2012 20:54The European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) has welcomed the position of Mr Tonio Borg, Commissioner Designate for the Health and Consumer Affairs portfolio, on the need for the Cosmetics Directive marketing ban to come into force in March 2013.
Lung-on-a-Chip simulates human lung disease
Monday, 12 November 2012 20:56American and Korean scientists have created a human disease model-on-a-chip that mimics pulmonary edema using a biomimetic microdevice that reconstitutes organ-level lung functions.
Saarbrücken: Nano-drug ferry to trick biological barrier
Monday, 05 November 2012 21:01Scientists from the Department of Pharmacy at the Saarland University and the Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) have developed a drug-delivery system that looks like a corn cob.
Heart tissue from pluripotent stem cells beats at a similar rate as natural heart muscle
Friday, 02 November 2012 20:59A team of scientists have been successfully in cultivating stem cells from human heart muscle tissue that can contract just as strong as natural tissue.
Max Planck Institute developed stem cell-based test for protective substances in ALS
Thursday, 01 November 2012 21:28Prof. Hans Schöler´s team from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster have developed a stem cell-based technique for the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
New Biomarkers for Prediction of Diabetes
Wednesday, 31 October 2012 21:30A German research team has analyzed 4,000 blood samples, which derived from different research projects. In so-called metabolome analysis they identified 14 novel biomarkers for type 2 diabetes.
Glial cells transformed into nerve cells
Sunday, 28 October 2012 21:32Researchers from Helmholtz Zentrum München have converted glial cells (supporting cells) directly into functional nerve cells, which play normally an important role in wound healing and information processing of neurons.
BASF provides IIVS with In Vitro Equipment
Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:35The chemical company BASF SE has provided U.S. based Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) with equipment critical to replacing the use of animals for eye irritation testing of certain chemicals. IIVS will place the units at each of its newly developed training laboratories in Xi'an, Beijing, and Guangzhou, China.
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