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Animal Welfare Research Prize of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture goes to organ-on-a-chip researchers
Two scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster are being honored with this year's Animal Welfare Research Award from the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). Scientists Dr. Henrik Renner and Dr. Jan M. Bruder will receive the award for their development of a midbrain on a chip that can be used to conduct toxicity tests and screen active ingredients for drug development.
Written on Wednesday, 01 December 2021 15:42
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Wyss Institute: new in vitro model to study cystic fibrosis
A research team at the Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering led by Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., has developed a microfluidic organ chip device that is about the size of a USB memory stick, which more accurately reproduces the key pathological features of cystic fibrosis (CF) than other in vitro systems.
Written on Wednesday, 01 December 2021 12:48
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In vitro: Investigation of the cholesterol influence between tumor and its immune cells
Using a self-developed in vitro model, scientists at Saarland University were able to show that the lipid and cholesterol metabolism of tumor-associated immune cells is severely impaired in contrast to that of tumor tissue.
Written on Wednesday, 01 December 2021 10:34
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Rare diseases: Myasthenia gravis studied using Organ-on-a-chip Technology
Researchers at the University of Central Florida and at Hesperos, a company based in Orlando, have developed an organ-on-a-chip model to study the mechanisms of the rare autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis.
Written on Monday, 29 November 2021 10:53
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Cologne: Herbert Stiller Prize II for in silico researcher
Dr. Wolfgang Boomgaarden, founder and owner of the Emden-based company PharmaInformatic, has been awarded the Herbert Stiller Prize by the association Doctors Against Animal Experiments.
Written on Sunday, 28 November 2021 19:37
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Cologne: Herbert Stiller Prize for 3D oral mucosa model
This year, the Herbert Stiller Prize of the association Doctors Against Animal Experiments goes to Dr. Klara Janjić and her team from the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna. The researchers have developed a 3D model of the human oral mucosa, which is used to study periodontal disease. However, the model could also help to end animal experiments in dentistry.
Written on Tuesday, 09 November 2021 13:34
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