Using a new analysis method, a team of scientists led by Prof. Dr. Gertrud Morlock, Professor of Food Science at Justus Liebig University in Giessen, has tested lifestyle products for dangerous compounds and found what they were looking for. According to the authors, the critical review is intended to stimulate debate on the lack of appropriate safety analyses and regulations.

In the United States, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is launching the Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI). It will bring together various data resources to investigate possible contributions to the causes of autism - without animal testing. 

At the Max Delbrück Center, the “Center for AI-Accelerated Molecular Innovations in Medicine” (AI2M) is being established. The Helmholtz Association has approved 30.8 million euros for this project. The researchers will use new technologies to develop AI-based strategies for tailored treatment and prevention.

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich have developed a model made from human breast milk cells in the laboratory. Their aim is to understand how mother's milk is produced in the breast - an area of female biology that has hardly been researched to date.