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Questionnaire for stakeholders: Training needs of the next generation of researchers and technicians in Organ-on-a-Chip field
Wednesday, 20 March 2019 10:47Organ-on-Chip applications in Basic Research, Pharmaceutical Drug Development, Safety assessment of Drugs, Cosmetics and Chemicals among others are facing an exponential arise in interest. Therefore, specific training is required on the production of such cell culture systems using advanced microfabrication techniques and adequate on-chip characterization of relevant cell functions.
EAWAG: Measuring Fragrance Effects in Vitro
Friday, 15 March 2019 15:19A team of Swiss scientists from EAWAG in Dübendorf has developed a device that can be used to test the harmfulness of fragrances to the environment using intestinal cells. Thus, animal experiments in ecotoxicological experiments can be reduced. The device has also potential for drug development.
Contemporary Tissue Engineering: Lecture on 3D printing of organ-like systems
Monday, 11 March 2019 14:57On Thursday, March 14th, there will be given a very interesting lecture on 3D printing of spherical organ-like systems at Institute of Biotechnology of the Technical University Berlin. The physician Dr. Vladimir Mironov from the Medical Sechenov University in Moscow will inform the audience about tissue spheroids as building blocks for robot-assisted biofabrication of three-dimensionally printed tissues.
Bf3R awards funding for feasibility studies
Wednesday, 06 March 2019 08:54The German Centre for the Protection of Experimental Animals (Bf3R) awards funding for young scientists. The total budget is 350,000 euros with which up to 10 projects can be funded each year.
EUSAAT Congress in Linz postponed to October
Friday, 22 February 2019 10:42Due to organisational reasons, the EUSAAT Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing in Linz 2019 has been postponed from August to October 10 - 13, 2019.
New findings in the fight against colorectal cancer with mini intestines
Thursday, 21 February 2019 12:05Scientists of the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)+ and the Georg-Speyer-Haus at Goethe University Frankfurt have discovered an intestinal tumor-specific molecular response chain triggered by the Wnt signalling pathway. For their work, the researchers used so-called intestinal organoids - mini intestines that they had developed from human intestinal tissue.
Bavaria: in vitro brain tumor research network
Sunday, 17 February 2019 23:03Scientists from the Department of Neuropathology at the University Hospital Regensburg led by Professor Markus Riemenschneider have developed tumour disease models in the form of organoids in the Petri dish. The cells derived from tumour cells of patients. The researchers want to use this model to investigate the interaction between healthy cells and tumour cells in more detail and test new therapeutic methods.
Pharma Producer sues FDA over unnecessary animal testing
Thursday, 14 February 2019 12:26Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. headquartered in Washington DC is suing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because - according to the company - of the demand for a conduction of unnecessary drug tests on dogs.
Cell culture test shows: tobacco heaters no less harmless than cigarettes
Tuesday, 12 February 2019 13:22Many people believe that so-called heaters, which only heats nicotine, are not so harmful to health and switch to the new system. A new study from Australian and Indian researchers using lung cell cultures showed that the new smoking alternative is by no means harmless.
JRC: ECVAM Status Report 2018 launched
Friday, 08 February 2019 14:21The European Union's reference laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) has published its annual status report for 2018. It provides information on developments, validations and regulatory acceptance of alternatives to animal testing in 2018.
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