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Scientists plan development of computer model for nematode
Sunday, 04 May 2014 11:51Some 50 scientists worldwide plan to use crowd funding for the development of a computer model of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The project is called Openworm and interested parties were invited to participate with a donation via the crowd funding platform Kickstarter.
Brain Research: radiocarbon method debunks previous results from animal experiments
Friday, 25 April 2014 14:54By radiocarbon dating human nerve cells, a German-Swedish research team has been able to prove that, contrary to previous assumptions, regeneration of nerve tissue in the cerebral cortex after a stroke is not possible.
Animal-free test methods: Human skin from stem cells
Friday, 25 April 2014 14:53Scientists led by Dusko Ilic from King's College London have created a layer of human skin from human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. The method can be used for both non-animal tests for drugs and cosmetics as well as for researching skin diseases.
Junior professorship focusing on the Replacement of Animal Testing
Friday, 28 March 2014 14:58At the Freie Universität Berlin a junior professorship is currently advertised. She or he will have knowledge of alternative methods to animal testing and experience in the field of reconstructing skin models.
EURL ECVAM's survey on in vitro methods for estimating human hepatic metabolic clearance/stability
Thursday, 27 March 2014 14:56The European Union Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL ECVAM) is conducting a survey on in vitro methods for estimating how the liver metabolises chemicals.
Blackbox was yesterday´s solution: Realisticly simulation of blood flow in the liver
Wednesday, 26 March 2014 15:00In the context of the EU project "Virtual Liver Networks", experts led by Prof. Tobias Preusser from the Fraunhofer Institute of Medical Image Computing (MEVIS) in Bremen in collaboration with the Department of Experimental Molecular Imaging at the University Hospital Aachen and the Leverkusen Bayer Technology Services have developed a program that can realistically simulate blood flow and metabolic processes in the liver.
Cognitive science in silico: Scientists develop brain simulation software for Human Brain Project
Monday, 24 March 2014 15:08Computer scientists and engineers led by Prof. Dr. Ing. Ulrich Rückert at Bielfeld University are currently working on models that use specialised computers to simulate aspects of the human nervous system as part of the EU project “Human Brain Project”.
One year after ban on cosmetics tested on animals: New European Consumer Commissioner plans to promote alternatives to animal testing
Tuesday, 18 March 2014 15:09Neven Mimica has been European Commissioner for Consumer Protection since Croatia joined the EU in 2013. On the occasion of the first anniversary of the final implementation of the sales and marketing ban on cosmetics tested on animals spoke publicly on the subject for the first time.
Imaging techniques: boundary between amygdala and hippocampus differs individually
Monday, 17 March 2014 15:11A research team from Freiburg and Magdeburg has used a 7 tesla magnetic resonance tomograph to map the boundary between the amygdala and the hippocampus regions of the brain in healthy volunteers. They found individual differences.
DFG awards Ursula M. Händel
Wednesday, 05 March 2014 20:08The German Research Foundation DFG awarded this year’s Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize to the human biologist Prof. Dr. Thomas Korff.
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