In order to develop effective drugs against pancreatic cancer, it is necessary to know about the interaction between tumor cells and the surrounding stroma. This is why in vitro models are important which can simulate precisely these interactions. A research team at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf led by Prof. Nicole Teusch in cooperation with the company Dynamic42 from Jena has succeeded in doing just that.

The conference on assessing the safety of chemicals without animal testing took place in Brussels at the beginning of March. It was organized by the European Commission together with the European Partnership for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EPAA). Participants included representatives from industry, regulatory authorities, NGOs and associations.

Researchers at the University of Bonn led by junior professor Elena Reckzeh, the company ESQlabs as well as the University Hospital Bonn want to refine treatment recommendations for colorectal cancer patients. For this purpose, intestinal organoids from patients are combined with the possibilities of digital twin technology.

A research team from Würzburg, Vienna, London and Switzerland have developed a geometric deep learning network called MARBLE, which helps to analyze thinking strategies of the human brain. MARBLE can recognize a common structure in the thinking of two individuals or species without ignoring the unique “language” of each brain.