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BMBF supports a mini lung model
Friday, 29 July 2022 09:14A team of researchers at Helmholtz Center Munich has received funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for an in vitro method to directly measure the transport of active substances from the lungs into the blood.
German Research Foundation awards Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize 2022
Thursday, 28 July 2022 12:38This year's Animal Welfare Award goes to Dr. med. Michael Karl Melzer from the University Hospital Ulm as well as to the "Würzburg Initiative 3R (WI3R)". All award winners are honored for their efforts to replace or at least reduce animal experimentation with new animal-free methods.
Tel Aviv: Therapy using genome editing can lead to cancer
Thursday, 28 July 2022 09:49Just recently, the first therapeutic successes with the gene scissors CRISPR/Cas have been announced. Now, a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) has reported, that the technique leads to a destabilization of the genome in cells, which in turn can trigger cancer.
ECVAM: Study on animal-free methods in immunogenicity testing of advanced therapy medical devices
Wednesday, 27 July 2022 12:20Medical devices for advanced therapies are gene therapies, somatic cell therapies, or the use of genetically modified tissues in cases where conventional therapies fail. Such medical devices must also be tested for safety and possible immune reactions in the same way as drugs or other medical devices.
Saarbrücken: Animal Protection Research Award Ceremony
Friday, 22 July 2022 09:40This year's Saarland Prize for Alternative Methods to Animal Testing was awarded to Dr. Albert Omlor of Homburg University Hospital and Dr. Jennifer Herrmann of the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research.
BMBF's new guideline also promotes non-animal methods
Thursday, 21 July 2022 08:46The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has issued the "Guideline for the Funding of Preclinical Confirmatory Studies and Systematic Reviews". In addition to necessary systematic reviews and meta-analyses on preclinical research topics, it is also possible to apply for funding to use scientifically recognized "alternative methods".
EFSA Call: AOP development and transcriptomics for risk assessment
Wednesday, 20 July 2022 13:38Applicants are invited to submit project proposals addressing missing key elements to implement New Approach Methodologies (NAMs, new non-animal method approaches) in EFSA's scientific assessment process. The aim is to use this to improve decision-making in the food and feed sectors.
Serums and antibodies: worldwide, more than 50 percent complain of insufficient knowledge about animal-free alternatives
Wednesday, 20 July 2022 12:43A new survey conducted by the EU reveals gaps in knowledge about the animal-free production of serums, antibodies, and enzymes.
Around 7,200 still unexplored human proteins
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 10:52An international consortium of researchers including the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) has summarized more than 7,200 largely unexplored gene segments that may encode new proteins. They are thought to have arisen phylogenetically late during primate evolution and therefore do not occur in other mammals such as mice.
Cerebral cortex in the Petri dish
Wednesday, 06 July 2022 13:21A German-Israeli team of researchers has succeeded in recreating the outer human cerebral cortex in an organoid form in the petri dish. They have found a way to more easily grow a type of stem cell needed for this purpose.
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