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State of Rhineland-Palatinate: Award to promote research into alternative and supplementary methods for animal experiments in research and teaching
Thursday, 13 June 2024 10:16Once again, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate has announced the research prize for the development of alternative and supplementary methods in accordance with the 3R principle of Russel and Burch (1959). Research institutions, companies or scientists based in Rhineland-Palatinate can apply.
New website to search for animal-free alternatives
Thursday, 13 June 2024 10:00A new website from the National Toxicology Program (NTP) makes it easy to search PubMed for literature on specific topics related to alternatives to animal testing (NAMs). NICEATM and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) have jointly developed search strategies, called "hedges," for specific topics on alternatives.
TigerShark Science: New human skin models covering all skin layers
Friday, 07 June 2024 10:22TigerShark Science is a start-up currently being founded by the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC, based in Würzburg. The scientists want to significantly reduce animal testing with their skin models.
EUSAAT Congress 2024 in Linz: Deadline for submission of abstracts extended
Friday, 07 June 2024 09:20The congress of the European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EUSAAT) will take place again this year from September 18 to 20, 2024. Abstracts can still be submitted until June 14, 2024.
VCG: Reducing animal testing through the use of virtual control animals
Thursday, 06 June 2024 13:52On June 4, Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. has announced the launch of its Virtual Control Group (VCG) initiative in partnership with Sanofi. The two companies are working together to reduce the use of animals by replacing selected control group animals with appropriate virtual control animals developed from retrospective data sets.
COLAAB: Coalition to end unnecessary animal experiments
Thursday, 06 June 2024 11:28As the non-profit organization FRAME (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) based in Nottigham has reported, numerous animal-free researchers are still being asked by editors of scientific journals to supplement resp. confirm their research results with animal experiments, even though these were not part of the study. Otherwise they would not be able to publish their research results there.
PEPPER: Call for participation as a test laboratory extended until June 15
Wednesday, 29 May 2024 13:12The Public-Private Platform for the Prevalidation of Methods to Characterize Endocrine Disruptors (PEPPER) is looking for partner laboratories.
Stroke: gene variants can increase the likelihood of cardiovascular disease
Tuesday, 28 May 2024 13:13Using large-scale genome-wide association studies, researchers have identified several genes that influence the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. Professor Martin Dichgans, Director of the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research at LMU Hospital and a scientist in the SyNergy Cluster of Excellence, is convinced that genetic information can be used to identify potential targets for drug treatment.
Coburg: Possible new approach for Alzheimer's treatment?
Friday, 17 May 2024 13:30Using the phage display method, Prof. Dr. Susanne Aileen Funke and her team from the Institute of Bioanalytics at Coburg University of Applied Sciences have discovered two new D-peptides, MMD3 and ISADI, which can alter the feared neuro-damaging aggregation of tau proteins.
Transformers: fewer toxicity tests on animals thanks to deep learning
Friday, 10 May 2024 14:20Swedish researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University have developed an AI method to better identify toxic chemicals based on molecular structure.
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