Under the motto “Research for the future - getting closer to Humankind”, “Bündnis Tierschutzpolitik Berlin”, an alliance of the animal welfare organisations “Tierschutzverein für Berlin and Umgebung Corp. e.V.” and “Bundesverband Tierschutz e.V.” will stage the third panel discussion at Urania Berlin on 26 April 2014.

The third largest U.S. cigarette manufacturer Lorillard intends stop testing on animals. For years the company had forced rats to inhale cigarette smoke.

Scientists at the Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have used a 3D printer to produce tissue equipped with blood vessels, which could someday be used for testing pharmaceutical drugs.

Until now, scientists assumed there were two different types of large phagocytes: a macrophage type that encouraged inflammatory processes and a second type that suppresses inflammation. A research team from the Life & Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES) at the University of Bonn has now discovered that there are more than the two known immune cell types.