Invitro+Jobs

With the help of in vitro tests, American scientists have been able to observe that it is not nicotine that is responsible for the atherosclerotic effect of tobacco smoking, but presumably the countless other harmful substances that enter the circulation through the inhalation of combustion products.

On Tuesday, April 22, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture's (BMEL) newly conceived Animal Welfare Research Prize was awarded to two winners. This year's winners are the organoid researcher and molecular geneticist at the University of Utrecht, Prof. Dr. Hans Clevers, and the well-known refinement researcher Prof. Dr. Adrian Smith - known for the norecopa platform and the arrive guidelines for improving the planning of animal experiments. A national prize for young scientists for methods and procedures to replace or reduce animal experiments was not awarded - there were too few applications.

Using a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on osteoarthritis, an international research team led by Prof. Dr. Eleftheria Zeggini, Director of the Institute of Translational Genomics at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, has identified hundreds of new drug targets. The results also revealed possibilities for repurposing existing therapies.