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Latest News from the InVitro-World

  • NAM Journal: New journal focuses on New Approach Methodologies
    Elsevier, the publisher of scientific journals, has launched a new open access journal. It sees itself as a hub for the dissemination and global exchange of information on the latest NAM developments.
    Written on Tuesday, 08 October 2024 10:45 Read more...
  • Crowdfunding campaign for science film to end animal testing
    Most people interested in animal-free methods probably don't have the opportunity to go to a laboratory and be shown and explained the new methods. A movie can replace this. A clear explanation with moving images makes it easier to understand the new techniques and raise awareness that there are methods other than animal testing. In his film, the enthusiastic filmmaker Marc Pierschel lets well-known researchers have their say, presenting their developments and explaining them in a vivid way.
    Written on Monday, 07 October 2024 09:31 Read more...
  • Kyoto: Researchers develop high-performance proximal tubule-on-chip
    A team at Kyoto University has developed a human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived proximal tubule-on-chip (OPTECs-on-chip). It has the necessary functionality and polarity of important kidney transporters. According to the developers, the kidney chip model can therefore be used to assess drug transport and nephrotoxicity.
    Written on Tuesday, 01 October 2024 13:54 Read more...
  • Hamburg awards research prize for alternatives to animal testing
    With the Hamburg Research Prize for Alternatives to Animal Testing, the the Hamburg Senate wants to actively support the development towards a future without animal testing, says Science Senator Katharina Fegebank (Bündnis 90/die Grünen) in the current press release. The prize was divided among three winners.
    Written on Tuesday, 01 October 2024 13:23 Read more...
  • Animal welfare research prize 2025: higher prize money - but also higher demands
    Every year, the BMEL announces an animal welfare research prize with a total prize money of 25,000 euros. However, everything is different this year: The prize has been redesigned. It will be awarded in three categories and the prize money amounts to a total of 220,000 euros. And there's something else that's different.
    Written on Monday, 30 September 2024 14:40 Read more...
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology develops reporter skin
    At the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, a three-dimensional model of human skin has been developed for the first time that precisely and quickly displays the skin's reaction to substances directly on living tissue.
    Written on Monday, 30 September 2024 12:49 Read more...